The first Balenciaga and Manolo Blahnik footwear collaboration trades in décolleté shapes, silk-satin in five colors, and hand-embroidered crystal leaves across the vamp.

Balenciaga and Manolo Blahnik have made shoes together for the first time. All three styles belong to Body and Being, the Fall 2026 collection from Balenciaga Creative Director Pierpaolo Piccioli: a slingback at 105mm, a kitten heel at 50mm, and a low-heeled mule.

Each vamp drops low in décolleté style, baring the foot. Silk-satin covers the upper, grey leather (Balenciaga’s signature) lines the inside. Crystal leaves, embroidered by hand in an off-balance pattern, spill across the cut-out.

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Piccioli framed the partnership in personal terms. “This collaboration came to life for very personal reasons. I simply like Manolo. That’s it. I know him personally and have admired him for a long time. To me, Manolo Blahnik is synonymous with elegance and as he’s Spanish, like Cristóbal Balenciaga — there’s a certain shared sensibility there,” he said.

That shared sensibility comes wrapped in five colors: black, gris plume, grass, lime, and violet, all in silk-satin. The lineup, labeled Balenciaga | Manolo Blahnik, lands at select Balenciaga boutiques across the globe and on balenciaga.com.