Olivier Rousteing launches collaboration with NikeLab

Balmain designer Olivier Rousteing celebrated his recent collaboration with NikeLab at a launch party held in Paris, France, WWD reports. The collection, “Football Nouveau” went on sale Thursday, June 2, and is the second NikeLab's Summer of Sport series. Racking up the air miles over the past few days, Rousteing has also unveiled an exhibition in Shanghai, China, called “The Circle,” held at Nike's flagship store.

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Olivier Rousteing teases imminent Nike collaboration

Balmain's creative director Olivier Rousteing has hinted at an upcoming collaboration with sportswear giant NikeLab.

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Meet Marc Jacobs’ New Muse: Transgender Director Lana Wachowski

As the co–writer and director of the Matrix franchise, Lana Wachowski is well known for her film success and, as a transgender woman, as an advocate and ally to the LGBT community. Now, thanks to a new Marc Jacobs campaign, Wachowksi can add “model” to her list. In the image, Wachowski can be seen smiling as she models a plaid top and cardigan designed by Jacobs. “It is a personal diary of people who have and continue to inspire me and open my mind to different ways of seeing and thinking,” Jacobs continued. And Wachowski is first up on Jacobs’ list of inspirations.

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Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford and Claudia Schiffer star in Balmain campaign

Balmain and the house's artistic director Olivier Rousteing have unveiled their Spring/ Summer 2016 campaign on the fashion brand's Instagram account.

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J.W.Anderson drives fashion’s digital overhaul by broadcasting show on gay app Grindr

J.W.Anderson is taking social media use to a whole new level by livestreaming his upcoming catwalk show on the popular gay networking app Grindr. The UK label's Autumn/Winter 2016 menswear runway show will be broadcast from London Collections Men on the app on January 10, where it will run in a loop for 24 hours. The news marks the first time that the all-male lifestyle focused social network, which uses location-based technology to bring together a global community of users in 192 countries, has dipped its toe into the designer fashion sphere.

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Balmain designer to participate in Kim Kardashian’s "Hollywood" app game

Olivier Rousteing, the French designer of the Balmain fashion house and friend of Kim Kardashian, has joined in on the reality TV star's successful mobile game entitled “Hollywood.”

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Fashion designers in the news in 2015

With 2015 coming to an end, it's a good time to take a look back at the fashion designers who everyone was talking about in 2015. He was already at the top in 2014, and Balmain's creative director continued his ascent this year, gradually becoming one of the most iconic designers of his generation. Friends with the most influential celebrities and models in the fashion world (Kendall Jenner, Gigi Hadid and Kim Kardashian, among others), Olivier Rousteing has the knack of surrounding himself with world-famous muses (the Balmain army) and teaming up with major sector operators.

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Fashion designers in the news in 2015

Fashion designers in the news in 2015

With 2015 coming to an end, it's a good time to take a look back at the fashion designers who everyone was talking about in 2015. He was already at the top in 2014, and Balmain's creative director continued his ascent this year, gradually becoming one of the most iconic designers of his generation. Friends with the most influential celebrities and models in the fashion world (Kendall Jenner, Gigi Hadid and Kim Kardashian, among others), Olivier Rousteing has the knack of surrounding himself with world-famous muses (the Balmain army) and teaming up with major sector operators.

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Fashion designers in the news in 2015