In France, ten days before women’s ready-to-wear week in Paris, the fashion house Balmain announced this Sunday, September 17, the theft of more than 50 pieces from its next collection. A hard blow for Olivier Rousteing, brand stylist and fashion icon.
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It was with barely veiled anger that Balmain stylist Olivier Rousteing announced the news on his social networks this Sunday, September 17. While he and his team were gathered on Saturday morning to receive the pieces from his new collection, they received a phone call from the driver responsible for bringing the latest creations. He was allegedly the victim of a group of criminals who stole the truck with the goods.
“ Our driver called us to say he had been attacked by a group of people. More than 50 pieces were stolen », Said the 38-year-old star stylist, in a message posted overnight from Saturday to Sunday on his Instagram story. The chauffeur, ” safe and sound “, transported the goods aboard a truck which was traveling ” from the airport to Balmain headquarters » and which was « stolen “, he added.
A flight that goes wrong
Ten days before Fashion Week, the news comes at the worst time for the haute couture house. “ My team and I worked very hard. We are going to work even harder, day and night, just like our suppliers, but this is so disrespectful », lamented the artistic director. The 38-year-old designer and his collaborators have started the countdown to try to do everything again before September 27, the start of fashion week in the French capital.
A hard blow also for the Balmain house, bought in 2016 for nearly 500 million euros by the Qatari investment fund Mayhoola, already owner of the fashion house Valentino.
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