"I found myself injecting more and more of my own history into this runway."

For Balmain&rsquo;s Fall-Winter collection, Olivier Rousteing and his team, as always, started by delving into the house&rsquo;s rich archives. After celebrating Monsieur Balmain&rsquo;s beloved rose with a floral fantasy last season, they decided to explore the founder&rsquo;s passion for gardening this time around by revisiting the fruit elements from his couture creations. 
As Olivier Rousteing&rsquo;s creative process unexpectedly led him back to Bordeaux, his hometown known for its vineyards, grapes became the star of the Fall-Winter 2024 collection. &ldquo;Instead of Monsieur Balmain&rsquo;s more familiar apple, nut and strawberry embellishments, I went all out with prints, embroideries and 3D representations of bunches of grapes&mdash;the symbol of the most famous product of my hometown, Bordeaux,&rdquo; shared the designer. 
A city dear to Olivier Rousteing, Bordeaux is described by him as classical and elegant. Its refined charm is expressed in the bold architectural lines and precise tailoring of Pierre Balmain&rsquo;s 'New French Style'. And with Bordeaux&rsquo;s rainy reputation, it&rsquo;s easy to see why trench coat is the collection&rsquo;s key design, reworked into a line-up of skirts, dresses, pants, and short jackets.&nbsp;&ldquo;Throughout today&rsquo;s runway, the artisans of the Balmain Atelier make very evident their mastery of traditional Parisian couture techniques, with impressive draping, perfect pleating, stunning embellishments and skilled leatherwork,&rdquo; said Olivier Rousteing. &ldquo;To fully appreciate their finesse, I suggest taking the time needed to make some close inspections for what might appear at first glance to be a pattern, print or cross-stitch, may reveal itself to be a remarkable, intricately beaded creation.&rdquo;

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