Paris Fashion Week: Balmain celebrated Olivier Rousteing’s 10-year anniversary with the luxury brand with a star-studded live runway show

Oct 4 , 2021

Designer Olivier Rousteing appears with Carla Bruni, Naomi Campbell, Milla Jovovich and models presenting his creations at the end of his spring/summer 2022 women’s ready-to-wear collection show for fashion house Balmain during Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France, on September 29. Photo: Reuters

Naomi Campbell, former French first lady Carla Bruni, Milla Jovovich and a host of celebrities presented the fashion maison’s spring/summer 2022 collection

Doja Cat and Franz Ferdinand performed at a music hall on the Seine River as models showed off revealing outfits layered with chains, jackets and trench coats

French fashion house Balmain celebrated the 10-year anniversary of creative director Olivier Rousteing’s tenure with a catwalk show featuring a host of celebrity models including Naomi Campbell, former French first lady Carla Bruni, Milla Jovovich and Natalia Vodianova.

Italian-French singer-songwriter and model Carla Bruni Sarkozy presents a creation from the spring/summer 2022 ready-to-wear collection of French designer Olivier Rousteing for Balmain fashion house during Paris Fashion Week, in Boulogne, France, on September 29. Photo: EPA-EFE

US model Naomi Campbell presents a creation from the spring/summer 2022 ready-to-wear collection by French designer Olivier Rousteing for Balmain fashion house during Paris Fashion Week, in Boulogne, France, on September 29. Photo: EPA-EFE

Models strutted down the stage of a packed music hall on the Seine River in deconstructed garments slit to show patches of bare skin, draped with chains and layered with bold-shouldered jackets or trench coats that swept the floor.

Russian model Natalia Vodianova presents a creation of the spring/summer 2022 ready-to-wear collection by French designer Olivier Rousteing for Balmain fashion house during Paris Fashion Week, in Boulogne, France, on September 29. Photo: EPA-EFE

At the end of the show, the designer took his bow before the cheering crowd, flanked by over a dozen models wearing fanciful dresses coated in sequins.

The label hosted thousands of fans at the hall for a two-day festival that included performances from Jesse Jo Stark, Doja Cat and Franz Ferdinand.

British model Lara Stone presents a creation from the spring/summer 2022 ready-to-wear collection by French designer Olivier Rousteing for Balmain fashion house during Paris Fashion Week, in Boulogne, France, on September 29. Photo: EPA-EFE