OLIVIER ROUSTEING SHIFTS GEARS WITH BALMAIN’S RESORT COLLECTION THAT SHOWCASES THE DESIRE TO BE UNIQUE.

THE COLLECTION FEATURES SCULPTED “JOLIE MADAME” JACKETS WITH ROUNDED SHOULDERS AND NIPPED WAISTS OR CULOTTES, IN STATEMENT MAKING COMBINATIONS OF RED, LIGHT BLUE, AND MINT. OR LEOPARD PRINT IN LUREX JACQUARED. HATS INSPIRED BY THE ‘50S AND ‘70S ARE SHOWN HERE IN THEIR TRUE TO HERITAGE DIMENSIONS.

A JACKET WITH ONE OF MONSIEUR BALMAIN’S SIGNATURE CONSTRUCTIONS - A NIP WAISTED JACKET IS NOW REVISITED WITH LASHING OF STARS AND STRIPES IN FORM OF CRYSTAL FRINGE. ORNAMENTAL TRIM BORROWED FROM THE COWBOY LEXICON IS BLOWN UP INTO LAVISHLY EMBROIDERED JACKETS, BODYCON DRESSES, OR PANTS. A FEW WORKHORSE PIECES, AMOND THEM A SHARPLY CUT PYTHON PRINT LEATHER TRENCH.