Balmain F/W 2025.26 Paris

[LadyJunon]

 

[justpassingthrough]

Shoes are hideous. Love the boots though!! I also really enjoy the venue.

 

[FashionPower]

Wow...tragic and a new low from Olivier.
You can really see the input from the new CEO: a bunch of basics and over the top looks heavily reduced / toned down. It's clear the input from the new CEO is to maximize profits and turn Balmain into a flamboyant COS. The disco girl from the glorious Decarnin collections is long gone...
This collection could have been shown at NYFW and no one would have noticed...
Enough with the Minnie Mouse shoes, it's been 2 years...

 

[Alquimista]

Terrible. Bad ideas. Bad execution.

Trentini looks botched.

 

[marsnoop2]

This looked absolutely joyless.

 

[lhhbl]

It's a bad fusion of Demna Balenciaga and Acne Studios

 

[Lola701]

Surprisingly, I really liked it!
I loved the energy and how the allure felt more urban, upbeat! There was some sort of modernity in that even though the fashion was really 80’s.

I think Emmanuelle Alt and Geraldine Saglio will have fun with it.

I hated those dresses that were literally cages on the models. They killed the vibe of the show.

Olivier needs to learn about being subtle though. But this was a good Balmain show!

 

[yslforever]

Huge vibes of Montana, so I pretty quite like that, and the megaboots - did Vacarello launch a trend 6 weeks ago ?
But the execution is terrible, that poor girl in the white plastic dress walks like a robot, like caged in an exoskeleton.

 

[vogue28]

VOGUE.COM

 

[vogue28]

VOGUE.COM

 

[Ruito]

I quite liked it. Seemed more paired-down and better designed than usual. I hope he keeps going in this direction.

 

[PDFSD]

he managed to make even a grey knit look tacky ..sure these looks on the dolls&co on ig parting or having dinner with filter faces will be fine lol

hope they get a new CD and make this brand more exciting and modern.

honestly Pieter should go here not be at ALAIA

 

[GoldenPetals]

He's so unapologetically derivative, it's kinda admirable. He's carved himself a following amongst the most ANNOYING people in society, but someone was bound to scoop them up. I respect his hustle.

 

[jeanclaude]

Oh God...Olivier has discovered Montana!!

 

[Cocteau Stone]

Hate that shade of grey, mainly when it is used this much and heavily in singular looks. It’s a cheap shade that offers very little visually.

I’d still take this over Pieter’s Alaia. At least these have a wardrobe flexibility and aren’t made for a museum archive.

 

[charmedp321]

No shade. I’m not saying it’s good, but it’s a nice progression of what the customer wants. It does seem a bit scattered in delivery, I love When his point of view is more focused.

 

[fashionmarketeditor]

Pretty sure this is the first time they have Marie-Amélie Sauvé style the show.

 

[Malaya]

The styling screams Chloé by Natacha Ramsay-Levi. Makes sense if MAS also curated this. Dunno if that's a good thing or what lol


The thigh high boots are sexy

 

[blueorchid]

At least there's an honesty to his work, unlike certain designers...

As I said in the Christian Siriano thread: "At least he's happy." The same applies here.

 

[tourbillions]

a lot more relaxed than his usualy stuff. but still very strong rousteing vibes.