Balenciaga shifts into luxury-brand, boss-lady mode, with actor Nicole Kidman calling a board meeting to order. An uber-platinum blonde Bella Hadid, Han So-hee, Isabelle Huppert, and Khadim Sock take their seats at the table.

Balenciaga’s new Garde-Robe collection was first presented at the brand’s resort 2023 show. The May 2022 event took place at the New York Stock Exchange in Wall Street.

Photojournalist Joshua Bright [IG] shot the campaign, with images evoking “typified businessperson attitudes: boredom, stress, overconfidence, indulgence.”

Isabelle Huppert sits with pumps crossed on her cluttered with boss-lady brilliance credenza. Her oversized Hourglass bag holds a masterplan for becoming the next billionaire genius — and it doesn’t involve buying Twitter at a bargain basement price from Elon Musk.

Facts About Women Investors

If a decade of financial research tells us anything about women in the corner office, they are better financial investors then men.

A Fidelity 2021 Women and Investing Study concluded that women outperform men by 40 basis points, or 0.4%, on average, translating into tens of thousands of dollars over time.

If female investors have any weakness, it’s their mistaken belief that they are not good investors, the CNBC story concludes.

There is an element of Miranda Priestly tempestuous behavior in the Balenciaga Garde-Robe images [a broken glass, for example]. Love the stiff drink and a raw crystal sitting side by side.

“Garde Robe is made up of wardrobe staples in elevated cuts, sharp finishing, and luxe materials: wool, silk, gabardine, artisanal denim. Suiting, separates, and outerwear are pared down and redefined, without any branding other than bold silhouettes and precise tailoring with minimalist construction techniques.” – from Balenciaga