Givenchy Fall 2011 Campaign Video

Decarnin OUT and Rousteing IN at BALMAIN

It’s said that Olivier Rousteing, who worked closely with Christophe Decarnin during his six years as Creative Director of Balmain, is about to be promoted.

Decarnin’s absence was first noticed after the AW11 show in Paris last month—the show ended, the audience waited, and no one took a bow. Reports immediately surfaced that the designer had either entered a mental hospital, been too exhausted to bow, or had already been fired by the brand. He popped up at parties later that night, but Balmain officially “ended their relationship” a few weeks ago. Instead of conducting a search it sounds like the Parisian house is sticking to what works, or who works, in this case.

Rousteing, who’s French, has been at Balmain since 2009, following nine years at Roberto Cavalli. He faces a pretty big challenge—Decarnin managed to reinvent the brand and con people into spending four figures on ripped t-shirts, but his rock n’ roll spell rubbed off a few seasons ago which means Rousteing may have even more inventing to do. We’ll have to wait and see what he does come September. In homage, let's take a look back at the raunchy and massively expensive luxury Decarnin created for the house: click here Grab a drool rag first!

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Jean Paul Gaultier Fall 2011 Ad Campaign

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