Balenciaga

Kristen Stewart really turned up the fashion volume in a black and white Balenciaga getup at the premiere of On the Road at the AFI Fest in LA! The actress chose a revealing white crop top with a pair of black high-waist trousers, then finished off with slick black patent pointy pumps. Red lips and a few demure jewels completed Kristen's bold red-carpet style. What we love most about this ensemble is that it balances sexy up top with fashion-forward on bottom. If you dare, mimic Kristen's latest look at your next party by pairing a white crop top with black high-waist pants. Complete your look with red lips and killer black pumps for major oomph.

Balenciaga has announced that Nicolas Ghesquière, its creative director of 15 years, will leave the brand. Ghesquière's last day will be Nov. 30.

In a statement, Ghesquière's boss and PPR CEO, Francois-Henri Pinault, called the designer "an incomparable creative talent" who "brought to Balenciaga an artistic contribution essential to the unique influence of the house." There's no word yet on who will replace Ghesquière — or on what his next move might be.

French designer Nicolas Ghesquière is leaving Balenciaga — where he has been creative director since 1997 — on Nov. 30. This jarring, and very sad, news is cited by both the designer and brand as a "joint decision to end their working relationship." While there is no other announcement regarding Ghesquière's next move or, for that matter, who will succeed him at Balenciaga, we have his latest (and last) collection to serve as his final masterpiece to a 15-year relationship with the house.

Those stories and more in our daily news roundup.

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• Vogue isn't just celebrating its 120th anniversary with a new book. On Dec. 6, HBO will premiere the documentary In Vogue: The Editor's Eye, a tribute to legendary editors from Polly Mellen to Grace Coddington. "They have always been our secret weapon," said Anna Wintour. "So it seemed to me that we could celebrate Vogue, and also, at the same time, celebrate these great editors." [Fashionologie Inbox]
  

• Valentino, Oscar de la Renta, Balenciaga, and M Missoni are each auctioning off one-month Summer internships through CharityBuzz. The money raised will benefit Rosie's Theater Kids, a New York charity that aims to improve the lives of children through performing arts. [Vogue UK]
  

• The collaborations just won't stop. Kirna Zabete is working on a collection for Nine West that will debut in February. [The Cut]
  

• Dita Von Teese's first application of red lipstick happened at age 13. "I remember one time putting on a red and thinking, 'This changes everything. This is all you really need,'" she said. [Into the Gloss]
  

• Photographer Justin Wu cast an international laundry list of models — including Olivia Palermo, RJ King, and River Viiperi — in his latest edition of Boys and Girls of Fashion Week. [YouTube]

Nicolas Ghesquiere admits that Balenciaga "had a size issue" when he first started designing for the house 15 years ago. Now, he wants to make sure that the cuts of his innovative, highly regarded clothing can be worn by women of all shapes and sizes.

"We started very skinny, it's true," Ghesquiere said in an interview with The Sunday Times. "Strangely, we didn't have fit models at all to begin with — just to give you an idea of the size of the company. So we did fittings on the girls at the studio and they were often quite petite. I had a tendency to think good cut and small size, but a good cut should come in big sizes, too. That's what I want to focus on — it's the cut, not the sizing, and if people see that they can wear something in a big size, then I did my job."