Christophe Decarnin for House of Balmain is driving me and his followers crazy. The lust and the price tag! Uugghh. But a girl's gotta have it.
See what I mean? Okay.........I do not have the funding to add these confections to MY wardrobe, but that hasn't stopped me from an obsessive effort to replicate these looks, which I've done quite well. Thank you very much. Chris, you should be flattered.now........let's get down to it. Will I be wearing the "band jacket?" probably not, but.......sigh.....he's really throwing it all away, and by that I mean, how the hell does one manage to look so "easy, breezy' in a peaked shoulder band jacket with glittering metallic passementerie? Beats me.
The band jacket. That's what the fashion press is calling it. Don't you dummies know anything? That's a Jimi Hendrix/Keith Richards jacket. Sheesh.........Bold as Love, alright........if someone says one word, or makes one reference to Michael Jackson, I'm gonna kick you with my (in my dreams) Giuseppe Zanotti/Balmain/Big boots. Beat it.
THAT'S IT! I'm never wearing dainty shoes with an evening gown again. Big boots. Big and bad-ass. Chiffon and boots. Tulle and boots. Everything with boots, I say. Strappy sandals are for pussies. Just kidding, but as Chris has CLEARLY demonstrated, do you really need anything else? I think not.Fashionologie:Christophe Decarnin has launched the fashion set into Balmania in just a few short seasons with his ripped jeans, strong shoulders, and trashy chic approach, and with Fall 2009, he's not ready to change the formula.
(Hmmmmmm..........that "one-arm sleeve" thing. I'm thinking a wee bit M.Jackson. I'll give ya that.)Formula?....change? NO!!! true, that some of industry big wigs, the wiggiest of the wigs, have wondered if he is a "one-trick-pony" Who's talking smack about my guru?don't go changin'........so, Rock and Roll? definitely.Glamazon? kinda, but not giving a damn about it. Fresh scrubbed glamazon.Low maintenance? He sure makes it look that way, putting on a dress and a pair of :) boots.Minmalist or Maximalist? kinda, but just stopping short, of both. This guy knows restraint and how to edit.
I had to put this one in. There's those big boots again..........and then there's these!
$Kosten-punkt? $2,250.00 A bit prohibitive, but I'll figure something out.Take me to your leader. I will blindly follow.
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