Olivier Roustein, new designer of Balmain

Balmain, an old French fashion house, recently announced the next designer candidate, Olivier Roustein.

Christophe Decarnin, the former designer of Balmain, was officially Balmain Dismissal ended their six-year cooperation. The 2011 autumn and winter press conference was held because Decarnin was accepted in the hospital Treatment of depression Instead of taking part in the curtain call, the whole series was also completed by the design team with the help of Melanie Ward, a stylist. It is rumored that Decarnin's resignation is due to his mental health problems, but WWD believes that this is not the root cause. It was revealed that Decarnin disagreed with Alain Hivelin, president of the Group, on many issues. The latter expected to develop a new parity line "Balmain Blue", but Decarnin had not followed. It seemed that it would be sooner or later for Decarnin to split up.