‘The White Lotus’ Star Leslie Bibb Attends Her First Fashion Show for Balmain at Paris Fashion Week

Leslie Bibb’s fashion week debut at Balmain was long in the making. During the filming of Season One of the hit Apple show “Palm Royale,” roughly two years ago, Bibb was being fitted for a gown for the finale episode, the big “beach ball” scene. “We found a dress, and it was a vintage Christian Dior dress. It was bananas,” Bibb says. The gown, which was from the late ’60s, needed to be tailored as it was several sizes too big. The day before shooting Bibb had her fitting, and during the alterations things went astray. “It was destroyed,” Bibb says. The show’s costume designer, Alix Friedberg, sprung to action and soon enough there was a knock at Bibb’s trailer door. Friedberg presented a silk peach gown that inside was signed by Pierre Balmain. “It was from 1969 and had been worn once. I feel like it was probably made for this person to wear, and it was the dress that I wore and it fit me perfectly,” Bibb recalls.  So when she got the invitation to come to Balmain’s show during Paris Fashion Week — which was the first runway show she’s attended — it felt like a true full-circle moment. “I just feel so

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