In what just might be the most monumental fashion feud since Yves and Karl, Carine Roitfeld and all of French Vogue have apparently been banned from Balenciaga. And, Nicolas Ghesquière's French fashion house hasn't just blacklisted the magazine's entire team from their fashion show, they've stopped lending clothes and advertising in the rag altogether. But, who is responsible for the bad blood? My best guess is that it has something to do with stylist Marie-Amelie Sauvé. For years Sauvé has sat behind Roitfeld at the helm of French Vogue, as a contributing fashion editor, and simultaneously been Ghesquière's go-to stylist for all things Balenciaga. There's no way the magazine would be banned if Sauvé was still working at both. And no word of the stylist (who likewise styled the Row's premiere fashion show) having severed ties with Ghesquière have surfaced. So, perhaps beef between Sauvé and Roitfeld is to blame?

A comment on the Fashion Spot also points out, "the Balenciaga perfume was featured in December/January issue I believe, but I wondered (even before these news) why wasn't Balenciaga featured in the February issue with the other brands..." Meaning, each party's claws weren't out until relatively recently.

Meanwhile, a blacklist of sorts has been enacted over at McQueen as well. The late designer's heavily anticipated March 9 show (the brand's first postmortem) has been cancelled. A select group of editors will instead be invited to the brand's showroom to see the FW10 designs, at which all photographers and video has been banned.