retailqueen
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yes Balmain is for super rich flashy Russian girls. they are the only ones who can afford it anyway and aren't looking for classics.
i hear a lot of whining already about this collection and almost none of it substantive. decarnin will stop using the eighties' shoulder when chanel stops making boucle jackets, michael kors stops cutting sheaths, and prada stops producing nylon handbags. it's just not going to happen. it's a signature of his work at the house. get over it.
decarnin has surely answered his critics with this collection. no more will we find ourselves bemoaning the price tag of the balmain piece that looks like it's been destroyed or distressed or vintage or any of that. these clothes look rich which probably means their price tag will go from out of this world to out of this galaxy. but it's truly refreshing that we have a designer so marching to the beat of his own drummer that he sends out a collection of baroque when everyone else has just caught up to him on militaria.
also, anyone who's been in a VIP room when a celebrity -- and her entourage -- enters the room understands what the sort of spellbinding allure this type of girl seeks. these pieces will announce themselves when they enter a room and in a season where every big house has put together their signature look, he's given us a total look that will cause a riot.