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Kim Kardashianis proceeding with caution.
TheKeeping Up with the Kardashiansalum, 41, wrapped her signature curves in yellow caution tape printed with theBalenciagalogo for the brand’s Winter ‘22 show on Sunday. The 360° collection at Paris Fashion Week also served as a tribute to thewar in Ukraine.
Kardashian wore a skintight bodysuit and high-heeled boots while carrying a handbag, all covered in the designer tape. She finished the ensemble with a pair of black Balenciaga wraparound sunglasses.
The mother of four posed with creative directorDemna Gvasalia, who donned a Ukrainian flag shirt while using the show to spotlight Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, mirroring his own experience as a refugee of the Georgian Civil War.
“The war in Ukraine has triggered the pain of a past trauma I have carried in me since 1993, when the same thing happened in my home country and I became a forever refugee,” Gvasalia, 40, wrote in a statement about the show. “Forever, because that’s something that stays in you. The fear, the desperation, the realization that no one wants you. But I also realized what really matters in life, the most important things, like life itself and human love and compassion.”
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“This is why working on this show this week was so incredibly hard for me. Because in a time like this, fashion loses its relevance and its actual right to exist. Fashion week feels like some kind of an absurdity. I thought for a moment about cancelling the show that I and my team worked hard on and were all looking forward to. But then I realized that cancelling this show would mean giving in, surrendering to the evil that has already hurt me so much for almost 30 years. I decided that I can no longer sacrifice parts of me to that senseless, heartless war of ego,” he continued.
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“This show needs no explanation. It is a dedication to fearlessness, to resistance, and to the victory of love and peace,” Gvasalia concluded.
Each seat was adorned with a Ukrainian flag, 525 in total, withSalma Hayekalso wearing the flag as a dress.
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The show took place on a circular runway, emulating a post-apocalyptic, nuclear winter with the models strutting against artificial elements of snow, wind, and lightning, all while donning neo-futuristic looks from the collection.
Russia’sattack on Ukrainecontinues after their forces launched a large-scale invasion on Feb. 24 — the first major land conflict in Europe in decades.
With NATO forces massing in the region around Ukraine, various countries have also pledged aid or military support to the resistance. Ukrainian PresidentVolodymyr Zelenskyycalled for peace talks — so far unsuccessful — while urging his country to fight back.
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Putin insists Ukraine has historic ties to Russia and that he is acting in the best security interests of his country. Zelenskyy has vowed not to bend.
“Nobody is going to break us, we’re strong, we’re Ukrainians,“he told the European Unionin a speech in the early days of the fighting, adding, “Life will win over death. And light will win over darkness.”
source: people.com
