Australian Fashion Week gets the Balmain bug
YOU could have been forgiven for thinking you were in Paris rather than Sydney today when Camilla & Marc opened Australian Fashion Week with a collection heavily influenced by French fashion label Balmain.
Balmain is the hottest label in global fashion right now, so perhaps it was not surprising Camilla & Marc channelled the signature strong-shouldered fitted jackets, white and faded denim ripped jeans and metallic disco dresses on the runway. Read more
Courtesy : www.theaustralian.news.com.au
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