Balenciaga has released its first footwear collaboration with luxury shoe designer Manolo Blahnik, part of the house's fall 2026 collection titled “Body and Being.” The trio of styles — created by Balenciaga creative director Pierpaolo Piccioli and the five-decade veteran Blahnik — launched this week in select stores worldwide and on balenciaga.com. The collection includes a low-heeled mule and two slingback designs with 105mm or 50mm heels, available in black, gris plume, grass, lime, and violet silk-satin. The shoes feature décolleté silhouettes lined in Balenciaga’s signature gray leather, embellished with asymmetrical crystal leaf ornaments hand-embroidered across a low-cut vamp — a detail inspired by archival 1960s Balenciaga jewelry designs.

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