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Balmain, number 3 fashion brand of the world
by Elle Collections |
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Balmainia: The French Fashion House goes universal thanks to it’s Rock ‘n Roll edge and must-have glamour.
It’s hard to think of another label that’s had such an influence of late. Balmain has defined fashion for the past two season’s – on every level, from the front row to the red carpet to the high street. Editors, pop stars, even Michael Jackson… Everybody loves creative director Christophe Decarnin’s glitzy, glamourous rock-chic look.
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| Source Elle Collections |
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| Balmain spring/summer collection 2010 |
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Christophe Decarnin, the designer at Balmain, who launched this winter’s craze for ripped and torn jeans for €2000 and strong-shouldered military jackets, emblazoned with crystals, with a price tag of up to €7000 is at it again.
For next season, the rock ‘n’ roll designer has army surplus in his sights.
His spring/summer 2010 collection, featuring catwalk stars such as Carmen Kass and Daria Werbowy, was a cross between Tina Turner in 1985’s ‘Thunderdome’, and the kind of distressed, old military cast-offs you might find in a second-hand store, mixed in with a hint of Raquel Welch in One Million Years BC. |
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By Hillary Alexander |
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Front row
At the frontrow of the Balmain show: Rihanna, Vanessa Traina, Julia Restion Roitfeld, Carine Roitfeld.
Rihanna was fully decked out in Balmain wearing a Balmain black tuxedo blazer with a jewel brooch detail on the satin lapel and paired with Balmain Fall 2009 harem pants. |
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