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Mytheresa unveils latest capsule collection with Balmain

Luxury online retailer Mytheresa has unveiled its third exclusive capsule collection with Parisian fashion house Balmain. The 14-piece capsule party wear collection is all about “confidence-boosting silhouettes,” explains Balmain, with padded shoulders and transparent illusions seen across bodysuits and cropped tops adorned with sequins and...

Nov 17, 2022

Fashion |In Pictures

Balmain launches Stranger Things collection

Parisian fashion house Balmain has launched a limited-edition capsule collection inspired by Netflix's ‘Stranger Things’ series. In a statement, Balmain said that creative director Olivier Rousteing took inspiration from the series’ eighties-era settings, music, graphics, colours, hair and make-up to design a collection that embodies the...

Nov 9, 2022

Fashion |In Pictures

Balmain teams up with Cher to launch new handbag

Balmain is partnering with Cher to introduce its new leather bag collection, The Balmain Blaze, which draws inspiration from “the house’s singular trail-blazing superpower”. For the campaign, singer Cher is reimagined as a futuristic goddess, perched high atop her throne wearing the same sleek and shimmering Balmain catsuit she recently wore...

Nov 8, 2022

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Paris Fashion Week: What strategies did the big brands have?

In Paris, for the last week of Fashion Month, luxury players hit hard. As the sector records dazzling post-pandemic growth, its fashion brands demonstrated their power during Paris Women’s Fashion Week, which ended on October 4. To make the most of the visibility offered by Fashion Week, the labels have multiplied viral images by linking, more...

Oct 7, 2022

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Balmain Beauty appoints senior vice president, global general manager

The Estée Lauder Companies (ELC) has announced Nathalie Berger Duquene will be taking on the role as senior vice president, global general manager Balmain Beauty, effective immediately. The announcement follows ELC’s revelation that luxury house Balmain will be joining its portfolio to launch its new beauty label, Balmain Beauty. Duquene will...

Sep 30, 2022

Fashion

Balmain turns fashion show into music fest featuring Cher

French designer Olivier Rousteing pulled out all the stops on Wednesday in his latest collection for Balmain at Paris Fashion Week, closing his show with US star Cher on the catwalk. The show began with Cher on a screen, saying: "All of us invent ourselves. Some of us just have more imagination than others." But that was only a teaser before...

Sep 29, 2022

Business

Estée Lauder and Balmain partner to launch Balmain Beauty

The Estée Lauder Companies (ELC) has announced a new licence agreement with luxury brand Balmain which will see the duo work together in developing, producing and distributing Balmain Beauty. In a release, ELC said that the new line is expected to launch in autumn 2024 and will aim to “transform the luxury and couture beauty world” through...

Sep 26, 2022

Fashion |In Pictures Featured

Balmain announces collaboration with Evian ahead of PFW

Balmain’s creative director Olivier Rousteing will unveil a couture gown made from recycled plastic bottle waste during Paris Fashion Week as part of the French fashion house’s new collaboration with Evian water. Evian and Balmain state that the partnership is through a “shared vision to dream, innovate and create together,” and will feature...

Sep 22, 2022

Fashion |In Pictures Featured

Balmain unveils collaboration with Pokémon

The Pokémon universe is continuingly expanding and evolving, and now the video game's most iconic and playful character Pikachu has become the inspiration for Balmain’s creative director Olivier Rousteing in a limited-edition collection. The special Balmain x Pokémon collection centres on a trainer fashion set with Pikachu and his lightning-bolt...

Sep 2, 2022

Fashion

Are Estée Lauder and Balmain launching a beauty partnership?

Estée Lauder, the beauty giant behind labels such as Tom Ford and Victoria Beckham, is thought to be close to reaching an licensing agreement with Balmain. The Paris based luxury house, which is owned by the Qatari Mayhoola investment vehicle, would be a coup for the cosmetics company, which would license Balmain beauty in a similar set up to...

Sep 2, 2022

Fashion |In Pictures Featured

Balmain unveils debut fine jewellery collections

Balmain has unveiled its first fine jewellery collections during Paris Haute Couture Week, reflecting the historic fashion house’s signature audacious and inclusive spirit. There are two debut collections, ‘Emblem’ and ‘Labyrinth,’ which reference some of Balmain’s most well-known signatures, with classic motifs pulled from the fashion house’s...

Jul 14, 2022

Fashion

In the footsteps of JP Gaultier, Olivier Rousteing humorously questions gender

Pointy breasts made famous by Madonna, but also female corsets with penises and moulded busts of pregnant women: the designer Olivier Rousteing questioning gender with his collection for Jean Paul Gaultier. Men in colourful skin-tight jumpsuits or sailor-patterned jumpsuits, perched on strong platform soles, opened the show on Wednesday evening...

Jul 7, 2022