The Balmain Pre-Fall 2024 collection was a smooth, confident collection with couture-calibre silhouettes and glittering palm-tree embellishments.

Rousteing squared off the shoulders of bicolor cardigan jackets for her, and tuxedo jackets for him, paved in thousands upon thousands of gleaming, square sequins. Miami’s famous Art Deco architecture was highlighted in the vivid colorblocking worked into lapels. Plenty of graphic black and white, including stripes and harlequin patterns, which look crisp in sunny weather.

The designer is plumping to see more men embrace tweed, carving the heavily textured material into roomy coats and hoodies, as well as varsity, cardigan and biker-style jackets.