Your Life Can Seem Ever More Mundane

@CathyHorynNYT
Cathy Horyn Benches cracking at Balenciaga as guests leap up. A second one just carted off. Now a third broke and nervous buzz starts, as in “Me next?”
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Paris fashion week is off to a bang in the 6th arrondissement! Haha, good stuff. The French can’t even make a decent bench! Silly French people. But also, here is one for the file on Great Moments in Runway Shows Coverage:

“What happened? What happened?” Chiara Mastroianni cried out earlier to Salma Hayek as the Mexican-born actress gingerly walked towards her seat in rope-soled platforms, her right ankle wrapped in a bandage. “A little bit crippled,” Hayek whispered, explaining that she had previously torn ligaments and recently twisted the ankle again. So are such high heels advisable? “It’s okay for five minutes,” she shrugged.