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敬请期待中文版  Picture credit: @SuzyMenkesVogue BACKSTAGE AT BALMAIN was a paradise (or do I mean a parody?) offashion in the digital age. There was Kanye West, "invisible" under his hoodie, exceptthat he was wearing a white jersey Balmain jacket, smothered inembroidered pearls. After he had hugged designer OlivierRousteing, he passed the Creative Director over to hismother-in-law Kris Jenner, who was already reeling off what shewanted to wear from this parade of hourglass dresses.  Picture credit: @SuzyMenkesVogue Then there was English blonde beauty RosieHuntington-Whiteley, who was hidden behind a coal-black wig,talking to her model friend Karlie Kloss,while Korean-American social media star Irene Kim stood out amongbloggers galore.  Irene Kimand Olivier Rousteing Picture credit: Hunje Jo @johunje29 The show that Olivier sent out was, he said, inspired by aphotoshoot with supermodels of the past - Claudia Schiffer, CindyCrawford and Naomi Campbell. The three, looking super sexy 20 yearsafter their iconic era, were posing on the front of the invitationcard.  Picture credit: Indigital But what about the clothes? The big change to the sexy Balmainlook was that it had become smaller, tighter and prettier. As iffrom a box of chalk, pale pink and blue dominated the runway of theornate hall, while corseted waists brought a rounded silhouette.Sometimes a cascade of frills would run down the side of anall-in-one catsuit. Elsewhere, the kind of crochet that grannywould never make left tassels skirting arms, hips and thighs.  Picture credit: Indigital The softer touch with silhouettes and fabrics made Rousteing'sin-your-face sexuality seem more girly. The mini crinies recalledfor me VivienneWestwood's crinolines from way back when. Balmain sexuality is quite definitely for women in control oftheir lives. Perhaps only a designer like Rousteing, aged just 30,could show a collection so deliberately sexual, yet make theaudience feel that there is nothing abnormal about fitting into abell-shaped dress in weaves of green emerging from under flouncy,ruffled suede.  Picture credit: Indigital The effect is clothes that look, to anyone outside the industry,like a fashion dream of glamour. To call these silhouettes, theseyoung women, these hourglass body looks "Instagram friendly" is anunderstatement. Rousteing has 2.5 million followers. Andcounting… (责任编辑：admin) |