Balmain S/S 2013 Paris

[Marc10]

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[Mrs.T]

Kinda like it

 

[Ohara]

I ought to have kept my 80s Alaia, Montana, Versace to wear this season instead of giving them to Salvation Army. Well, I'll wear hubby collection of big padded Versace and Montana shoulders then.

And wow, I am old.

 

[Ohara]

Some of the work are beautiful however. Would love to see HQ for details. Thanks in advance to those posting HQs later.

 

[TianCouture]

I got such a strong 90's Versace vibe from this, especially with the harlequin prints. I feel like the black/white/90's dialogue we've mildly been getting from Milan and Paris will be a big trend for SS'13...The shoulder thing, eh, that's a bit of a miss for me. But I adore the prints and I love the dresses!

 

[ultramarine]

I kinda like this direction. It seems fresh and against the grain.

I want to see more.

 

[ALAUU]

EVERYONE has moved on from those goddamn shoulders, but Balmain is still in the past.

 

[OnlyChicAllowed]

Loved it! Yes for power shoulders! My mum will be thriled when I tell her this

 

[Tentacl Ventricl]

I have made my points about Mr Rousteing at greater length in recent season's Balmain threads. I am in charitable mood this afternoon so I will just keep it short - Decarnin was a tough act to follow.

 

[IsabelMarantBoy]

Why does he make every collection look exactly like his pre collections? This looks like resort, which just took the excitement out of seeing all this. It's okay, but I miss Decarnin.

 

[Morphe]

Eewww yuck eeehhh no no no.
Do not make those shoulders happen again. What a tacky mess..
NHFT.

 

[Fianna]

HQ's

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[disco54]

This is really hideous , taxi cab prints and football shoulders lol, sorry this is a fail!

 

[Fianna]

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[Fianna]

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[Fianna]

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[GIVENCHYlover]

AMAZING, as usual.

 

[StoneSkipper]

This is nowhere near amazing, or even good, but I do really like some of the propositions here. As some have said, this feels a lot like Gianni Versace, especially in the prints, which I like. What I don't like is his view on power shoulders... I have nothing against it when it's done right, but this just looks too boxy and wide.

 

[MartiniKiss]

vogue.co.uk

 

[paz2992]

oh no, the power shoulders... just no i usually like big shoulders... but this ones are just too much... i can see spanish music group Locomia in all of those power shoulders. and don't even like the prints here... what happen Olivier? i think this is his first miss since he has become head designer.