Balmain Pre-Fall 2022 Is "Kurt Cobain-Meets-Marie-Antoinette"

"As I wrap up my first decade at Balmain, there's been a lot of talk about turning pages, closing chapters and opening new books," says Balmain's Creative Director Olivier Rousteing as he introduces his latest collection for Pre-Fall 2022. Never falling short of delivering sartorial statements, the French designer has pulled out all the stops to reinvent Balmain's menswear offering this season, tapping into what he calls a "Kurt Cobain-meets-Marie-Antoinette" aesthetic -- and it's duly paid off....