Balmain's creative director Olivier Rousteing is on a mission to democratize fashion. Although that's not an easy feat when you're the man behind an exclusive luxury brand, he's riding the digital wave to make it happen. Balmain will be launching an app that will allow consumers to go behind the scenes of the storied fashion house with augmented...
Jan 18, 2019
Paris fashion got flashy Friday with an explosion of retina-burning reflective fabrics hitting the catwalk expressly designed to light up the red carpet. Three days before the biggest glitz fest of the year at the Oscars, Balmain took bling to the edge of space with mirrored and hologram trouser suits that caught every photon in the room. The...
Mar 5, 2018
"> Olivier Rousteing, the creative director of Balmain, wants to make the French fashion house relevant to a new generation — and his 4.6 million Instagram followers are paying attention. We take you inside his Paris studio. Video: The New York Times, YouTube
Sep 27, 2017
French fashion house Balmain is to launch an exclusive make-up collection in collaboration with cosmetic giant L'Oréal Paris. The Balmain x L'Oréal Paris collaboration will be a capsule collection of lipsticks that have been created under the creative supervision of Olivier Rousteing. While L'Oréal Paris has previously enlisted an array of...
May 4, 2017
NikeLab unveiled their upcoming sportsline with Olivier Rousteing today. The collection, called Football Nouveau, shows the love Balmain's creative director has for close-fitting silhouettes and football. In addition to that, Rousteing characteristic gold detailing can be found throughout the collection. "> The Football Nouveau collection is...
May 23, 2016
London - Is Italian fashion house Valentino set to acquire luxury label Balmain for 500 million euros? According to French newspaper, Les Echos, Valentino's Qatari owners, Mayhoola for Investments, has made a preemptive bid for the French fashion house. The Qatari investment vehicle is said to have offered 500 million euros (569 million US...
Apr 4, 2016
Diversity campaigers Monday condemned the darling of Paris fashion week after he failed to cast a single model of colour in his two headline-grabbing shows. Demna Gvasalia, who counts black US music superstars Rihanna and Kanye West among his biggest fans, used only white models in shows for his own hip Vetements label and for Balenciaga Sunday,...
Mar 7, 2016
Olivier Rousteing’s Balmain Army is going to have some young recruits as the French fashion house has confirmed that it is launching a children’s line in June. The 55-piece collection is aimed at boys and girls aged from six to 14, and is set to be produced in-house, rather than through a licensee, as many designer labels do. The collection will...
Jan 26, 2016
