Balmains

Last night at the Hotel Chelsea, Balmain and its creative director Olivier Rousteing hosted an intimate cocktail party to celebrate the launch of the label’s pre-fall 2023 collection. The fête featured a performance by Rainsford in the…

“All Up in Your Mind”LOOK: A feather-embroidered fan paired with black velvet and satin jumpsuit along with gloves and rhinestone adornment.LYRIC: Be careful what you ask for ’cause I just might complyRousteing says: “Beyoncé and I dreamt…

By his own admission, Olivier Rousteing has an obsession with black and gold—just look at his collections for Balmain, the storied Parisian fashion house he’s helmed since 2011. So is it any surprise that, when Vogue asked the designer to…

During his decade at the helm of Balmain, Olivier Rousteing pioneered a singular aesthetic that transformed the 77-year-old house. His collections combine a uniquely French, haute couture sensibility with a distinctly global, youthful…

In his review of Olivier Rousteing’s spring 2022 show-turned-music-festival for Balmain, Vogue contributor Luke Leitch described an atmosphere of almost constant screaming. The crowd of 6,000 erupted when Beyoncé delivered her pre-recorded…