WWD has a long article today about how amazing Balmain designer Christophe Decarnin is. Sales of Balmain’s women’s ready-to-wear have doubled each season since Decarnin arrived in 2006.  The fashion-loving masses still find themselves in the throes of Balmainia, a syndrome made all the more elitist by the label’s prices: $2,000 for ripped jeans, $8,900 for jackets, $5,900 for capes.

The clothes took a turn from eighties disco to Tarzan-and-Jane-fell-in-a-dirty-swamp jungle chic.Think plenty of skin. The strong shoulders are still there, but the clothes are shiny by way of lamé and glossy black leather in addition to sequins. Instead of acid-wash jeans, Decarnin showed black cutoff shorts. The front row also evolved from last year. French Vogue editor Carine Roitfeld was there, as always. She was joined this season by Rihanna who was wearing a Balmain jacket and fall 2009 Balmain Hammer pants.

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