and Manolo Blahnik have made shoes together for the first time. All three styles belong to Body and Being, the Fall 2026 collection from Balenciaga Creative Director Pierpaolo Piccioli: a slingback at 105mm, a kitten heel at 50mm, and a low-heeled mule.
Each vamp drops low in décolleté style, baring the foot. Silk-satin covers the upper, grey leather (Balenciaga’s signature) lines the inside. Crystal leaves, embroidered by hand in an off-balance pattern, spill across the cut-out.
Piccioli framed the partnership in personal terms. “This collaboration came to life for very personal reasons. I simply like Manolo. That’s it. I know him personally and have admired him for a long time. To me, Manolo Blahnik is synonymous with elegance and as he’s Spanish, like Cristóbal Balenciaga — there’s a certain shared sensibility there,” he said.
That shared sensibility comes wrapped in five colors: black, gris plume, grass, lime, and violet, all in silk-satin. The lineup, labeled Balenciaga | Manolo Blahnik, lands at select Balenciaga boutiques across the globe and on balenciaga.com.