Topic: Christophe Decarnin

Balmain To Start Selling Clothes At A (Possibly) Rational Price Point

Because ripped denim shorts shouldn’t cost $900, right? More »

Unknown Designer Olivier Rousteing Takes Over At Balmain

Balmain announced yesterday that Olivier Rousteing–a “key deputy” to former creative director Christophe Decarnin–will succeed his old boss at the helm of ridiculously expensive French label Balmain. Balmain chief executive officer Alain Hivelin said, More »

Karl Lagerfeld Slams Balmain, Dislikes Thongs, Doesn’t Cry Ever and More

Karl Lagerfeld has some short films about ice cream to promote. Thus, the W editors blog had the supreme honor of spending 30 (presumably terrifying and exhilarating) minutes with the inimitable Kaiser and, per usual, he said some pretty righteous stuff. Head to W for the complete interview–because obviously everything he said was awesomely confounding–but we rounded up our top ten favorites anyway. Here he offers his thoughts on who should follow Galliano at Dior, why it doesn’t matter who takes over Balmain, the last time he cried and so much more. More »

Tommaso Aquilano and Roberto Rimondi Out At Gianfranco Ferre

Holy hell if this isn’t a season for major shake-ups in the fashion industry: first, John Galliano fired from Christian Dior in disgrace (and from John Galliano, for that matter), then Christophe Decarnin unceremoniously exits Balmain and now the newly-acquired-by-Paris-Group Gianfranco Ferre has ousted creative directors Tommaso Aquilano and Roberto Rimondi. According to WWD, the main sticking point was poor sales. For example: More »

Robin Givhan Glad to See Christophe Decarnin Go At Balmain

Hot on the heels of yesterday’s news that creative director Christophe Decarnin would be leaving his post at Balmain, Robin Givhan files a SCATHING postmortem, saying that the fashion industry is “better off” without the aesthetic and corresponding prices he and the house popularized. Here’s what she said More »

Ready-to-Click: Christophe Decarnin Out At Balmain!

Balmain is expected to announce its separation from Decarnin as early as today, and his successor shortly thereafter. -WWD

Mariah Carey is naked & pregnant for Life & Style. -Socialite Life

Angelina Jolie tattoo-related speculation has people suspicious of another adoption. -The Frisky

Hollywood’s ten most stylish ingenues. -Fashion Indie

Dov Charney to the press is all deny, deny, deny. -NYMag

Jay-Z added editorial director to his resume of talents by creating a life style site called Life + Times. -Social Times More »

Designers Say The Darndest Things: Karl Lagerfeld Will Run Laps Around John Galliano

“You don’t accept this kind of business if you’re too much of an artist.” And he goes on! More »