the king has lost his crown

this week the world has been turned on its head with head balmain designer, christopher decarrin, leaving the throne of the balmain empire. there were rumours of a break down during PFW as he was a no show and we all looked to emanuelle leaving as the last straw. she was his right hand man and who wouldnt need one with the pressure to keep the hottest label in the world on top? you can only imagine the painfully shy designers self created nightmare of leading the most noticed label in the world.

so its gone from 'will aickerman replace chan

el' being the buzz to 'who will replace decarin'?lucky for aickerman- he has been given a breather in the fashion gossip circle.

it looks like an internal candidate olivier rousteing will be named soon enough. his name is the one and only name being thrown around. previously at cavalli for six years and balmain since 2009, rousteing is a prime candidate.

i just wonder though has the balmain bubble burst? the ultrasexy and ultraexpensive label couldnt stay the leading fashion house for too much longer with the amount of attention and popularity it received. so is balmain yesterdays news? are they going to become the neon of the nineties or the mc hammer pant of the eighties? are we going to get over the leader and elect another? celine? klein? minimalism has been in full swing for the past few fashion wks around the globe and balmain is anything but minimal.

itll be interesting to see the SS12 fashion wks in paris and nyc and their direction with its leader gone. keeping both ears out for movement in the balmain household will ultimately determine this.

fingers crossed not all is lost.