BALMAIN FW12

Olivier Rousteing is the creative director of the House of Balmain as of April 2011. Mr. Rousteing will supervise the design and development of the brand’s men’s and women’s ready-to-wear collections. Rousteing was in charge of the Women’s Wear design studio at Balmain, a position he held since 2009. Before joining Balmain, Rousteing worked for five years at Roberto Cavalli, where he was promoted to the position of Designer for the women’s and men’s ready-to-wear collections. Olivier Rousteing was born in France and raised in Bordeaux. He completed his fashion studies at Paris’s École Supérieure Des Arts Et Techniques De La Mode (ESMOD) in 2003.