Balenciaga Debuts Spring 2022 Collection With Deep-Fake Runway of Clones

Balenciaga has unveiled a surreal Spring 2022 collection, dubbed "Balenciaga Clones."The Paris-based label's latest range teeters between reality and imagination, as creative director Demna Gvasalia enlisted a virtual, deep-fake runway, thought up by director Quentin Deronzier, to debut each new piece. One model -- artist Eliza Douglas, who has either opened or closed every Balenciaga show since its conception in Fall 2016 -- was digitally cloned to debut all 44 men's and women's looks. In order...