Olivier Rousteing is a French fashion designer. He has been the creative director of Balmain since 2011.
The first-ever couture collection created in collaboration with and exclusively for a Balmain muse. Inspired by Beyonce's international sensation RENAISSANCE, featuring 16 iconic designs corresponding to the hit album’s track list. Photographer - Lead Stylist - Marni Senofonte Principle Hair Stylist - Neal Farinah Principle Makeup Artist - Rokael Lizama Hair Stylist - Jawara Wauchope Makeup Artist - Holly Silius Manicurist - Yoko Sakakura
Next step for Haute Couture, Olivier Rousteing is the latest designer to step up to the plate, this time reinterpreting the Jean Paul Gaultier couture universe in a single collection.
Presenting the Balmain Pre-Fall 2022 Women’s collection. Baroque opulence and the Balmain atelier savoir-faire find their perfect match in a the rebellious spirit of 90's grunge for a “Kurt Cobain meets Marie Antoinette” mashup as explained by Olivier Rousteing.
Presenting the Balmain Pre-Fall 2022 Men’s collection. Channeling the fearlessness of early 90’s grunge, Creative Director Olivier Rousteing invites daring new beginnings and the promise of possibility. Including the possibility of merging this subversive spirit with irrefutable French savoir-faire.
“I don’t know where we’re going, but I do know that we are going somewhere. The point is not the destination but the actual going; the journey, the leaving—and the escape.” Olivier Rousteing Make up Isamaya Ffrench Hair Styling Sam McKnight
"I wanted the Balmain SS21 show to reflect the optimism and audacity built into Balmain’s DNA. When Monsieur Pierre Balmain founded the house after France’s liberation in 1945, he was young, daring and convinced that better days were ahead. Today we’ve all experienced the awesome power of 2020’s solidarity, compassion and tenacity—which assures us that we can and will move through this moment and emerge stronger." - Olivier Rousteing
Narrated by Creative Director Olivier Rousteing, this series relies on videos, artwork and images pulled from Balmain's 75 years of archives, as well as from Rousteing’s own personal photo albums, to tell the back story of some of the house's most iconic moments. In this first episode, Olivier Rousteing recalls his best memories from the FW14 collection, featuring members of the #BALMAINARMY, Kim Kardashian, Kendall Jenner, Rihanna, Iman, Naomi, Cara Delevingne, Jourdan Dunn, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, and many more. “The FW14 women’s runway show was the beginning of so many things, I expressed a creative vision that I still push today.” - Olivier Rousteing, Paris April 2020.
Balmain's 2020 Fall Winter men’s show held on the 17th of January 2020 at the Grande Halle de la Vilette in Paris. “We start with one basic truth: this is a tiny and beautiful planet, belonging to all. Here, we all share the same origin, needs and desires and any borders, (both figurative and literal), only serve to wall us off and limit us. That’s why this collection celebrates, at its heart, the beauty of the earth and sky. The runway will be filled with modern-day nomads, who are navigating seas, plains and dunes, while awed by the dazzling magnificence of the galaxies above and the earth’s tones below.” - Olivier Rousteing
Kanye West and Balmain Creative Director, Olivier Rousteing collaborate for a Balmain campaign film.