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Balmain Spring 2013: Cuba and the Glamazons

Balmain Spring 2013: Cuba and the Glamazons runway

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by brownfashionagal

A trip to Miami sent Rousteing towards a Latin theme, and for Spring 2013 he named Cuba as the inspiration. The black and white tile floors became graphic harlequin prints with a Gianni Versace feel, and the wicker chairs became dresses woven from raffia like baskets.

The other reference was the early 1990s, the era of Linda Evangelista and the supermodels photographed by Peter Lindbergh and Steven Meisel. That meant big shoulders, high-waisted men’s trousers and power suits, and they still have real force twenty years later.

The collection is lively and the craft is impressive, but it is not perfect. The shoulders are an inch or two too wide, and the decoration is laid on so thickly that some dresses really do look like the chairs that inspired them. The best looks are the simplest: a black leather bandeau with a miniskirt, and the plainer leather and denim pieces.

You can see a young designer full of ideas and still learning when to stop. The energy is hard to dislike.

Pictures courtesy of Vogue Runway

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