Balmain. Get ready to hear a lot more of this name. Once thought of as old and stuffy label, designer Christophe Decarnin has, in jut two seasons, managed to steer the ship around. For the S/S 2007 collection, the young designer went short and metallic, sending out studded mini-dresses, a gold-zippered white jumpsuit, and dresses with beautifully ornamented necklines. Volume came through in bell-shaped sleeves, bubbled hemlines, and cropped pants with a carrot-like shape. It was all finished with strappy, platform gladiator sandals
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It was fresh, beautiful, and the stuff red-carpet is made of. And by that, I don’t mean the slinky-gown-infested-American-red-carpets-that-fill-the-pages-of-US-Weekly. Got it?
