Alexander Wang Almost Didn’t Take Job as Balenciaga Creative Director

Photo: Alexander Wang with SCAD student

At a recent talk at the Savannah College of Art and Design on Tuesday, designer Alexander Wang revealed that when Paris fashion house Balenciaga offered him the job of creative director, he initially declined. According to Fashionista, it took the company taking him on a visit to the couturier’s archive to change his mind. It was so highly secure that “they had to shut down the security cameras” to keep his visit a secret, says Wang. “Seeing the archive in person, as a creative person when you see something like that it puts sparks into you.”