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Olivier Rousteing

US Vogue December 2011
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At Spring 2012 presentation

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Oh this guy is very interesting. I like him.
Thanks for those excerpts !

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Designer Olivier Rousteing acknowledges the applause of the audience after the Balmain Ready-To-Wear Fall/Winter 2012 show as part of Paris Fashion Week at the Intercontinental Paris Grand Hotel on March 1, 2012 in Paris, France. (February 29, 2012 - Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images Europe)

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Oh my god! He's wearing my boots!! I've never seen anyone else in those boots! I need to know this guy. He dresses exactly like me! Lol

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Photography Anthony Maule
Fashion Jay Massacret
Text Derek Blasberg

Olivier Rousteing is curled up, catlike, on a sofa at Balmain’s headquarters on rue Pierre Charron. It is a rare moment of downtime for the 26-year-old creative director who, in the last two weeks, has shown his first pre-Fall collection in New York, a second men’s collection in Paris, and delved headfirst into his first solo Autumn effort for the house. Balancing three highly anticipated collections in less than a month is a daunting task. (To wit: the frantic pace and high pressure is what led Rousteing’s predecessor, Christophe Decarnin, to vacate the house amid reports of exhaustion and depression in the spring of 2011.) But the young designer, who is wearing a black T-shirt and quilted jersey trousers (i.e. rockstar sweatpants) is taking it all excitedly in stride. “Is it crazy right now?” he reiterates with a smile. “Yes, and I’m a little freaked out, but I thrive on the adrenaline and the excitement.”

Picking up where Decarnin left off was not easy for Rousteing, who was born in the South of France, studied fashion in Bourdeaux, and worked for Roberto Cavalli before joining the Balmain design team. “It was a weird situation,” he says delicately. “I really love Christophe, and he is an amazing person who taught me a lot. So when they told me what happened I reflected, but not whether or not I should take the job, more like what it meant to me. You can love fashion, but when you work at a company it becomes something different.” He took two days to accept. “What made me happy is that I was working with my team. In the end it was a really good decision.”

And one that has paid off. The buzz surrounding Rousteing has gone from a whisper to a roar since his debut, which paid homage to all of the body-con elements of the house while also subtly establishing his own footing. Fashion critics were pleased to see less flesh and more embroidery in the collection, which was playfully inspired by an imaginary journey Elvis took through Las Vegas dressed as a Spanish bullfighter. “I want to have fun,” he says jovially. “And then I want to have glamour. I mix that with tailoring and construction, which are hallmarks of the house of Balmain, and something I would never want to turn my back on.”
There are still some elements of the job that Rousteing needs to get more comfortable with—like the designer’s bow. “I went out there and didn’t know what to do,” he says of his Spring show. “I was super scared—but super happy.”

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Vogue Korea March 2012
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Snaps by Raymond Kim

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My god, he sucks his cheeks like crazy!

He's such a fashion cliche-- down to the pigeon-toe stance. The last thing fashion needs is the reintroduction of 80s Versace via Balmain, but if people are falling for it, then more power to him.

wow:shock: I didnt realize he was sucking in his cheeks until i saw those candid pictures and that black and white portrait

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Originally Posted by Phuel (Post 10538355)

He's such a fashion cliche-- down to the pigeon-toe stance. The last thing fashion needs is the reintroduction of 80s Versace via Balmain, but if people are falling for it, then more power to him.

i think the pigeon toed stance could possibly be from running out from backstage and stopping awkwardly in motion :lol::innocent: I dont think anyone is falling for his "act" if you look in his collection threads there are people who like his work and those who don't. He's young, beautiful, and someone who seems to have a good head on his shoulders, so i dont know what there isnt to enjoy about him.