Opened the show
Profile portraits of the recorded opener and closer; not runway-look photography.
Balmain
Women’s runway show
Balmain S/S 2026 Runway Show
- Date
- October 1, 2025
- City
- Paris
- Fashion week
- Paris Fashion Week S/S 26 Women's
- Brand Q Rating
- 70
- Designer
- Olivier Rousteing
- Casting director
- Edward Kim
Balmain presented Balmain S/S 2026 Runway Show in Paris on October 1, 2025. FashionDB records 28 models in the cast, with Karyna Maziar opening and Chu Wong closing. Edward Kim directed the casting and Olivier Rousteing designed the collection.
1,361,618 views as recorded · snapshot date unavailable
28Unique modelsCanonical profile IDs
28 femaleRecorded gender mixUnknown values retained
8Current Top 10028 of 28 ranked · Aug 2, 2026
0FashionDB newcomersFirst recorded runway show
28.2Average age14 of 28 with birth data
70Brand Q RatingMethodology
1.4MRecorded stream viewsSnapshot date unavailable
First and final looks
Opener and closer
Opened the showClosed the showComplete cast
- Chu Wong
- Agel Akol
- Emm Arruda
- Chloe Oh
- Annemary Aderibigbe
- Vivienne Rohner
- Alix Bouthors
- Jennifer Matias
- Nazarit Machin
- Olivia Petronella Palermo
- Carol Monteiro
- Karyna Maziar
- Dru Campbell
- Mahi Kabra
- Mia Armstrong
- Xinye Wang
- Ana Beatriz Cortes
- Kristine Lindseth
- Gabriela Nied
- Maëlie Harambat
- Blayse Jennings
- Larissa Moraes
- Valentina Castro
- Angel Galego
- Jingwen Jia
- Miranda Marti
- Cara Schädel
- Mary Chuykova
The complete record
Cast
28 unique models recorded
28 shown
Cast signals
Highlights and analysis
Rank, profile, and relationship data from one computed snapshot.
Highest-ranked
- Agel Akol#6 in FashionDB
- Alix Bouthors#20 in FashionDB
- Annemary Aderibigbe#22 in FashionDB
- Chu Wong#31 in FashionDB
Most experienced with Balmain
- Chu Wong17 recorded Balmain shows
- Jennifer Matias4 recorded Balmain shows
- Angel Galego3 recorded Balmain shows
- Agel Akol2 recorded Balmain shows
First time at Balmain
- Annemary AderibigbeFirst recorded Balmain appearance
- Alix BouthorsFirst recorded Balmain appearance
- Carol MonteiroFirst recorded Balmain appearance
- Mahi KabraFirst recorded Balmain appearance
No FashionDB newcomers are recorded in this cast.
14 of 28 models made their first recorded appearance for the brand.
Cast composition
- Cast size
- 28
- Current Top 100
- 8 · 29%
- Brand debuts
- 14
- Returning models
- 14
- Average / median age
- 28.2 / 25.5
- Average women’s height
- 5′ 10″ · n=28
- Average men’s height
- — · n=0
- Profile-image coverage
- 28 of 28
Current-rank distribution
28 models in the denominator; unknown values remain visible.
Top nationalities
28 models in the denominator; unknown values remain visible.
Most represented agencies
28 models in the denominator; unknown values remain visible.
- Cast size
- 28 now · 33 previous
- Current Top 100
- 8 now · 13 previous
- Newcomers
- 0 now · 0 previous
Cast overlap requires a comparable-show identity set and is not available in this source response.
Credits
Creative team
People are combined once when multiple roles are recorded.
Designer
Olivier Rousteing
FranceCasting director
Edward Kim
United StatesCasting director
Michelle Lee
United StatesFashion editor / stylist
Marie-Amélie Sauvé
FranceHair stylist
Damien Boissinot
Makeup artist
Diane Kendal
United KingdomFilm and imagery