Paris Fashion Week’s fall shows, headlining with Balmain, traversed an encyclopedic range from history to the future, blending tradition with cutting-edge innovation. Naomi Campbell closes the show for Balmain; A model presents a collection by Belgian designer Dries Van Noten. He said his collection blended Pierre Balmain’s iconic “New French Style,” characterized by its bold architectural lines and precise tailoring, …
PARIS — An enfant terrible appeared in a new guise on Wednesday as designer Olivier Rousteing of Balmain took a one-off shot at a couture collection for the house of Jean Paul Gaultier. Here are some highlights of the fall-winter 2022 couture collections: ROUSTEING DOES GAULTIER Taking the codes of Gaultier -- such as structured tailoring, Breton striped nautical tops …
