Balmain

Balmain is always a hot ticket during Paris Fashion Week and Christophe Decarnin's collection did not disappoint. A Prince medley played as models showed skintight pants, jackets with emphasized shoulders and tons of gold chains and details.

Just as we have seen in many other Fall/Winter collections, animal prints and metallics showed up in Balmian. These are must haves, so be sure to add at least one animal print and one metallic element to your wardrobe for Fall/Winter.



While many collections showed longer hemlines and more top coverage, Decarnin had mini dresses, dresses with thigh high slits and super low cut tops. The color palette consisted of black, gold, gunmetal and a bit of red and purple thrown in.



Black leather has been showing up on the runway, but Decarnin decided on bright red, skinny leather pants. Paired with a brocade black military inspired jacket with tons of buttons, this outfit is totally rocker chic. If red leather pants aren't your thing, there was also a brocade black long sleeve dress with tons of gold eyelets and gold laces up and down the sleeves and down the bodice.

Keep those jackets with stiff, emphasized shoulder from this Fall/Winter since they do not seem to get going away. Balmain had big shoulders on everything from jackets to long sleeve dresses. Also, the wide belt worn with dresses is still hot. Pair it with a gold metallic mini dress and you'll have something very Balmain-eque.



Decarnin showed a wearable collection if you hang out at rock clubs, but it is simple to take some inspiration from the collection and put it into your everyday (or weekend) life.

Photos from AP/Jacques Brinon