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Balmain Fall 2010 Collection created a modern and versatile look on runway at Paris Fashion Week. Like always, outfits were given hot and sexy look by the designer, Christophe Decarnin. Collection was bit glittery and Decarnin got Baroque ‘n’ roll, with Balmain outing pitched somewhere with Prince’s Purple Rain pomp and Louis XIV at Versailles. Idea of look came from seventies photos of a woman in impeccable Balmain couture menswear pantsuit.

Look of collection set eighties/seventies glam rock style with gold and crimson brocade, frock-coats topped with sequinned trousers. Seventeenth-century cutaway coats with high-collar and gilded jeans were highly elaborated. Dresses in gold leather and gold beading, especially the gowns are sure a fire bet for Oscars red carpet.

Decarnin’s tailored pantsuits of seventies and nineties showcased the return of leg-lengthening, over-shoe flared pant. Decarnin also went for Louis heeled ribbon-laced boots, snappy jackets, sequin and lame dresses which added glamor to the show. Despite of metallic colors, there were black and gray pinstripe trouser suits, albeit, worn with see-through, pussycat-bow blouses.

Show was a hectic parade with dash, flash and cash, as 36 models were fresh faced with long of legs working on a serious flaxen motif, with long blonde hair. Show raced around the catwalk, mix of Prince hits, smiling and preening. At closer side it themed at Tom Ford for Gucci look that is rising as part of nineties redux, for this season.

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