On the square in front of the Palais de Tokyo, the lenses focused on a very confident teenager: Billy Blanchard, 15 years old, son of Julie Depardieu and Philippe Katerine. Ankle boots with dizzying heels, pink pants, a mini fluorescent bag and a Jean Paul Gaultier t-shirt: the young Frenchman stole the show at the arrival of the fashion show.
This notable passage further establishes Billy Blanchard among the fashion revelations of Paris Fashion Week spring-summer 2027. Present at both the Louboutin presentations and the Matières Fécales show, the teenager is multiplying his daring outings. At only 15 years old, her style of wearing stiletto heels and androgynous silhouette attracts well beyond her parents’ circle of fans.
Stiletto heels, pink pants for Gaultier
On the steps of the Palais de Tokyo, the slender young man displayed a polished look. Camel ankle boots with XXL heels, bright pink pants, tight JPG t-shirt and mini neon green bag made up a constructed and confident silhouette from head to toe. Between pop colors and accessories, the teenager played with gender codes without hesitation.
At his side, Philippe Katerine, beret screwed on his head, formed a very complicit duo with him. The father let his son take center stage, just encouraging his poses and smiling at the photographers. This quiet tenderness underlined the confidence of Billy Blanchard, perfectly at ease among VIP guests like SZA, Amanda Lear, Lux Pascal or Farida Khelfa.
From Fashion Week to Dazed
The teenager’s presence at the Gaultier show is part of a series of fashion signals. In January, he made a timid debut at Paris Fashion Week, before reaching a milestone at the end of July by posing on the cover of the British magazine. Fuchsia dress and disproportionate stiletto heels by Matières Fécales: these images had circulated massively, liked by Carla Bruni or the designer Charles de Vilmorin.
Summer had already set the tone. A few weeks earlier, Billy Blanchard climbed the steps of the Monte-Carlo Television Festival with his parents and his brother Alfred to present the film directed by Arielle Dombasle. For the current Fashion Week, he first appeared on the arm of Julie Depardieu at Louboutin then at Matières Fécales, where we also saw Rihanna.
A very free family of artists
In this family of artists, clothing extravagances surprise no one. Julie Depardieu above all summed up her sons’ adoration for their godmother Arielle Dombasle: “Arielle is their godmother. We couldn’t say: ‘We’ll leave you, we’re going to see Arielle’. They both have such a passion for Arielle Dombasle. And if it had fallen during the week, they would have drunk us to come. They are addicted to Arielle Dombasle”.
Julie Depardieu has already confided that she is a contradictory mother, who says no then quickly gives in, avoiding projecting her fears onto her boys. This mix of setting and letting go offers Billy the ideal space to invent his own fashion grammar.
