Balmain Men Fall 2023

For fall 2023, Olivier Rousteing pressed the reset button at Balmain, recalling the origins of the house for its womenswear effort, where it focused on the founder's 1953 Jolie Madame look. While Pierre Balmain's menswear heritage is weak and designs are largely classic, when he first launched the category in 1966, he was inspired by his couture.

Rousteing repeated the gesture, taking for his couture-centric menswear, presented in form party at the 120 year old wood paneled English Bar of the Hotel Regina.

"Back to elegance, back to timelessness," the designer said, emphasizing the total absence of streetwear in his collection of 44 looks. “The future is not just about selling a pair of sneakers. The new generation values quality and craftsmanship because they want to buy something more unique. »

Rousteing noted that Balmain still sells hoodies, sweatpants and sneakers. "But I don't think people dream about it," he said.

Its cut is far from classic, going to the flashy end of the fashion spectrum with angled rows of buttons; vast panels of dense, crystalline embroidery; draped belts in satin and thin stripes engraved with Lurex. Many clothes were too expensive.

For pants, there are sweeping flares that Rousteing religiously favors, and a more tapered and cropped that are more accessible for men of more modest stature.

According to the press notes, the founder's first "close-fitting, clean-cut suits" reflected sophistication cool from the jazz artists of Saint Germain,” a sentiment echoed at this historic Regina bar, though backstage after the show, the models were grooving loudly to dance to the music, hoisting their champagne flutes above their heads.

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For fall 2023, Olivier Rousteing pressed the reset button at Balmain, recalling the origins of the house for its womenswear effort, where it focused on the founder's 1953 Jolie Madame look. While Pierre Balmain's menswear heritage is weak and designs are largely classic, when he first launched the category in 1966, he was inspired by his couture.

Rousteing repeated the gesture, taking for his couture-centric menswear, presented in form party at the 120 year old wood paneled English Bar of the Hotel Regina.

"Back to elegance, back to timelessness," the designer said, emphasizing the total absence of streetwear in his collection of 44 looks. “The future is not just about selling a pair of sneakers. The new generation values quality and craftsmanship because they want to buy something more unique. »

Rousteing noted that Balmain still sells hoodies, sweatpants and sneakers. "But I don't think people dream about it," he said.

Its cut is far from classic, going to the flashy end of the fashion spectrum with angled rows of buttons; vast panels of dense, crystalline embroidery; draped belts in satin and thin stripes engraved with Lurex. Many clothes were too expensive.

For pants, there are sweeping flares that Rousteing religiously favors, and a more tapered and cropped that are more accessible for men of more modest stature.

According to the press notes, the founder's first "close-fitting, clean-cut suits" reflected sophistication cool from the jazz artists of Saint Germain,” a sentiment echoed at this historic Regina bar, though backstage after the show, the models were grooving loudly to dance to the music, hoisting their champagne flutes above their heads.