BALMAIN RESORT 2024 COLLECTION
Olivier Rousteing shifts gears with Balmain's Resort collection that showcases the desire to be unique.
June 30, 2023
Olivier Rousteing dives into the archives for the Resort 2024 collection, exploring Balmain’s heritage while opening up a new path.
The collection features sculpted ”jolie madame” jackets with rounded shoulders and nipped waists or culottes, in statement-making combinations of red, light blue, and mint. Or leopard print in lurex jacquard. Hats inspired by the ’50s and ’70s are shown here in their true-to-heritage dimensions.
“If it’s not part of your DNA, there’s no point in jumping on the same bus,” he said. That goes for men, too. After a century of borrowing from men’s closets, women’s wear now is returning the favor. ”It shows that the codes of humanity are changing,” the designer said.
A jacket with one of Monsieur Balmain’s signature constructions—a nip-waisted jacket is now revisited with a lashing of stars and stripes in the form of crystal fringe. Ornamental trim borrowed from the cowboy lexicon is blown up into lavishly embroidered jackets, bodycon dresses, or pants. A few workhorse pieces, among them a sharply cut python-print leather trench.