Balmain’s new Fall/Winter 2011 Collection is very well done with well structured fitted clothing and great layering pieces to compliment all outfits. Learn a little more about the Balmain fashion house…

Pierre Balmain founded his house in 1945 and was known for elegant, super-feminine looks that were favorites among European royalty and Hollywood elite such as Marlene Dietrich, Katharine Hepburn, Brigitte Bardot, and Sophia Loren. When Balmain died in 1982, Erik Mortensen, Balmain’s assistant, took over until 1990 when Oscar de la Renta joined the fashion house. De la Renta designed Balmain couture from 1993 to 2002. The house soon fell into financial hard times and was forced to file for bankruptcy. Investors revived Balmain in 2005 and brought on designer Christophe Decarnin to revive the brand. Decarnin’s appointment took it toward tough-chic, thigh-grazing, body-skimming looks—a sensibility that embraces the quintessential trendsetting French party-girl. Balmain began designing men’s collections in January of 2009.
 
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Balmain Fall/Winter 2011 //AuFait Magazine

Check out Balmain for both men’s and women’s collections