He needed a lot more than that to let himself be defeated. Ten days after the theft of 50 pieces from the Balmain collection, stylist Olivier Rousteing showed that the haute couture house had resources by offering a flowery and exuberant parade on the catwalks of Paris Fashion Week. Flowers, color, shine, flashy shoes: the designer, now wearing dreadlocks, showed off on Wednesday evening, making people forget the theft that he himself had announced on Instagram in mid-September in its 10 million subscribers.
“Flowers for spring, innovative…”: quipped Olivier Rousteing a few days before the Balmain fashion show, lifting the veil on the collection. Flowers were indeed omnipresent: in patterns, sculpted or embroidered on mini-dresses or adorning colorful heeled shoes. A total red look composed of a vinyl effect dress dotted with roses with shoes decorated with a gigantic rose was the flagship silhouette of the collection.
We find Olivier Rousteing’s sculpting and sexy line in sets with a graphic, low-cut jacket and miniskirt in this fashion show which took place at the Chaillot theater, with a view of the Eiffel Tower. His team worked “day and night” to make this parade take place. In mid-September, the van carrying pieces from its collection was attacked between the airport and the Paris headquarters of the house, by armed people who fled. An investigation has been opened but nothing is known about the nature and fate of the stolen parts.