Alexander Wang confirmed as Balenciaga’s new Creative Director

Writing of Cathy Horyn from the New York Times, that the main candidate for the position of the creative director at Balenciaga is Alexander Wang, is now confirmed WWD.

"Drama about Balenciaga and Alexander Wang continues, he seems to be the leading candidate who succeed to substitute the celebrity designer Nicolas Ghesquiere," Horyn wrote on Wednesday NYT's fashion blog 'On The Runway' and added that confirmation of Balenciaga's parent company PPR, could come to the public could as early as next week.

Although the Wang (28) was mentioned as a possible candidate for the job, the loudest speculation were that the job will get Christopher Kane, who has just left position of a creative director in Versace line Versus.

Alexander Wang         Telegraph.co.uk

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