.Balmain’s spring 2023 show has arrived. See every look:
“We all saw climate change this summer. We all saw fires around the world. And coming back with a show in September, thinking about whether our pants are going to be high-waisted or low-waisted—it seems a bit futile to me.” So said Olivier Rousteing before a show that that was in equal parts inspiring, infuriating and surprising.
The biggest surprise was Cher, who popped up at the finale of this 100+ look show with Rousteing on the runway. She’d been hired to pitch a new handbag, and we’d seen her on a pre-show video, but had no sense she was in the stadium. Her ensemble was very, and indeed, at 76, she looked convincingly like time was at her total command: quite amazing.
The inspiring part was rooted in Rousteing. Dressed like a samurai messiah, he told us backstage that while he could not claim this collection was 100 per cent sustainable, he’d used fabrics made of paper, of banana, and of wicker to be as much so as possible. He added: “I have friends who tell me they don’t want to have kids, because what will our world be tomorrow? And at the end of the day it’s not about taste. It’s not about aesthetics.
And yet when you were watching the collection it was hard to square the circle of sustainability and consumption. We editors were sat alongside 1,000 invited guests—-Neymar!—and around 6,000 standing punters who had snapped up tickets to be at this third installment of Balmain’s show/festival.
When Ashley Graham hit the runway, hearteningly the audience cheered. But by this point we were over an hour-and-a-half beyond the advertised start-time and the industry audience was beginning to wilt, 13 hours after our first appointments of the day, and with our bottoms soggy from the rain-soaked benches. Then came a tightly edited couture collection that was nonetheless so challenging for the models to walk in that it lasted around 15 minutes longer.
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Botter Spring 2023 Ready-to-Wear CollectionBotter Spring 2023 Ready-to-Wear collection, runway looks, beauty, models, and reviews.
Read more »
Vaquera Spring 2023 Ready-to-Wear CollectionVaquera Spring 2023 Ready-to-Wear collection, runway looks, beauty, models, and reviews.
Read more »
Chufy Spring 2023 Ready-to-Wear CollectionChufy Spring 2023 Ready-to-Wear collection, runway looks, beauty, models, and reviews.
Read more »