Balmain F/W 2009.10 Paris

[I_killed_couture]

Looks like Fall 08 all over again - whats new. I never got the fascination with it in the first place

 

[VogueParisLover]

It's always the same, but always enjoyable.

Exactly. Some of the looks are really pretty but some of them are kind of bad.

 

[.amahlia.]

^ya. like the cool jackets.. but with plain black jeans and a white cotton tee.

 

[junegloom]

I'm in the small group of people who like this, it seems! The squared off shoulders are fantastic with the jackets and it may be repetitive/not a stretch on the imagination, but it's still very wearable and I like it in that sense.

 

[.amahlia.]

i feel like they look a bit like the very old filipino pointy style shoulder

chnm.gmu.edu/wwh/p/120.html

 

[chloehandbags]

Now I've seen the video, I love this even more!

 

[STYLEOClDE]

i actually really like this collection. it may not be his best...but i don't know. i still like it.

 

[Thefrenchy]

Would anyone mind posting the whole show in HQ?
I tried to get the one that are on vogue's website but it kinda screws up my Internet connection for no reasons Thanks!

 

[lemeray]

Try fashionologie.com Lot's of HQs there...

 

[Street_a_Licious]

meet Rock & Metall Barbie!

 

[chloehandbags]

^

Still love it, though.

 

[deboradematos]

I love the collection! ^^ even though it my be a little meet rock & metal barbie

 

[Juliette3]

I agree, it's an extension of last season's collection. But, I still like it. It just takes a very stylish person to pull this off and i'm sure that the girls of Vogue Paris will show everyone how it's done.

 

[KKnardi]

sarah mower for style.com,

Was it just coincidence that Christophe Decarnin showed his Balmain collection in the same room—the swimming pool at the Ritz—that Gianni Versace used for his couture spectaculars? There was certainly an almost Gianni-like gaggle of fans jostling outside, and a heated buzz of anticipation in the house for the man whose frank embrace of rock-chick bling, rounded "tennis ball"-shouldered jackets, and elaborate jeans have shot him to the position of No. 1 most copied designer in the space of two seasons. The choice of venue only added to the sense of expectation heaped on Decarnin's performance as fashion's latest appointed savior of good-time, high-sparkle, downright sexy dressing.

Decarnin certainly proved he's the leader of the disco fever he has single-handedly triggered this season. He had the shortest, tightest body dresses witnessed anywhere: smothered in Swarovski crystal, flouncing up at the shoulder, tightly bound in satin drape or quilted, chain-wrapped black leather. The cult peaked-shoulder Balmain jacket was reiterated in force: same signature shape, now manifested as a leather biker as well as a tuxedo jacket, and often paired with new drapey harem pants or skinny jean-cut black trousers. Every look was thrust into deep-cuffed suede boots with a stack of silver buckles running up the side.

All that probably threw on enough fuel to keep Balmain on fire for the next season, not just with trophy-hunting girls who can afford the red-hot prices but also with the knock-off merchants who will be laughing all the way to bank while making an easy killing with stick-on glitter and the minimum yardage of Lycra and fake leather. In that way, Decarnin deserves acknowledgement for keeping the wheels of fast fashion turning. Exactly how far it's going to go is open to question, though. By halfway through the show, Decarnin's looks—the jacket, pant, and drapey T-shirt; the minuscule dress; and the half-train gown—were already into heavy rotation. If he's really going to win a place as the Versace of tomorrow, he'll have to come up with more than that next season.

there is another video at style.com

 

[KKnardi]

video
http://www.elle.fr/elle/elle-video/(chaine)/850196/(video)/850387

 

[glamourama]

when i first saw the pictures i thought: this is the NEW collection???
it would also fit perfectly to the last seasoon so there wasnt anything new. and there werent any 'typically' elemnts for fw09/10-. just these party dresses.

for parties: it is perfect.
but nothing more.
boring!

 

[knockturnal]

I personally love it - and actually like the first dress!!

 

[KbyKristina]

Love it,despite that its sooo similar to earlier collections

 

[Emilee]

The show in HQ:

celebritycity

 

[Emilee]

same