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Designer Olivier Rousteing Leaves Balmain After 14 Years Fusing Couture Craft with Pop-Era Bravado
Olivier Rousteing leaves Balmain after shaping its bold glamour and pop culture influence for 16 years, including 14 as creative director, marking the end of a defining era.
- Wednesday, Balmain revealed Olivier Rousteing is officially departing after a long tenure, with Rousteing writing on Instagram, `Today marks the end of my Balmain era`.
- Olivier Rousteing, who rose through the label, became Balmain creative director at age 25, making history as the first Black designer to lead a French luxury fashion house and reviving it with couture craft and pop-era bravado.
- He diversified the house by reintroducing couture and launching beauty and fragrance under licence with Estée Lauder, while expanding accessories, and he cultivated the `Balmain Army`, including Rihanna and Beyoncé, boosting social-media visibility.
- Balmain said a new creative organization will be announced in due course, while executives including Rachid Mohamed Rachid and Matteo Sgarbossa thanked Rousteing, who thanked his team but did not reveal his next step.
- The timing follows his 2025 Couture Council Award for Artistry and consolidation with Matteo Sgarbossa, chief executive officer, as Olivier Rousteing, designer, embraces a pared-back craft focus entering his forties.
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Designer Olivier Rousteing leaves Balmain after 14 years fusing couture craft with pop-era bravado
Designer Olivier Rousteing is stepping down as creative director of the Balmain fashion house after 14 hugely visible years.
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The iconic stylist of the great French fashion house does not specify where he is going, but says to keep his eyes "open to the future and to the beautiful adventures".
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