TO ONE OF THE MOST ELEGANT MEN IN LIFE, WHO IS NOT ON IG - THAT’S HOW ELEGANZIA THIS ONE IS! I WAS NOT AT THE BALENCIAGA NYC SHOW, BUT MADE TIME (EVEN DOWN W CRAZY ALLERGIES) TO HAVE A VERY CHIC DINNER IN NEW YORK W ONE OF THE GREAT POETIC MINDS. GASPARD DE MASSÉ IS THE ARCHIVIST FOR BALENCIAGA, IN TOWN TO EXAMINE AN ERSTWHILE BALENCIAGA GOWN , TO MEET AT THE MET, TO CATCH UP ON POETRY AND LIFE. WE AGREED THAT LV’S LATEST SHOW HAD A LOT OF KEY NICOLAS GHESQUIÈRE AT BAL SIGNATURES, WE SPOKE OF THE GREAT ARCHIVISTS OF OUR TIME: OLIVIER SAILLARD, GAEL MAMINE, @saruzzza .WE SPOKE OF FW 10 BALENCIAGA AS THE GOAT, AND OF FAVORITE FILMS, TRADED NOTES ON PARIS AND NYC & @matthieulaurette , AND DANCE, BOXING, SWIMMING. WHEN I GO TO PARIS THIS ONE ALWAYS ALLOWS ME TO VISIT THE BALENCIAGA ARCHIVE, TO FIND SOLACE, TO TAKE NOTES. 9 TIMES OUT OF 10, GASPARD WELCOMES ME AT THE DOOR w A DUMB BASEBALL CAP ON WHILE LISTENING TO OPERA. I TOLD GASPARD TONIGHT, “UGH! YOUR SHOES ARE TERRIBLE!!!” HE LAUGHED AND SAID, “I KNOW.” THEN WE LAUGHED AND I KNEW THEN THAT HE STILL WAS THE BEAUTIFUL ‘PROTECTOR OF HISTORY’ IN THE GOOD, NOT BAD WAY. HE AND I ARE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PRESERVE NEOPRENE #OXYGENISTHEENEMY @mygaylobster