BALMAIN OR ISABEL MARANT?

SORRY BUT DOESN’T IT SEEM QUITE THE SAME???

I WAS LOOKING AT BALMAIN SS 11 COLLECTION FROM PARIS AND I GOT THIS GUT FEELING OF SOMETHING I’VE ALREADY SEEN SOMEWHERE AND THEN… OF COURSE, MY FEELING WAS COMING FROM ISABEL MARANT AW 10 CATWALK SHOW!!! 

OBVIOUSLY IT IS NOT EXACTLY THE SAME THING BUT THE INSPIRATION SURELY COMES FROM THE SAME PLACE! BALMAIN IS ABSOLUTELY MORE EXTREME AND HAS ADDED A PUNK ROCK EDGE IN ALL HIS LOOKS AS CHRISTOPHE DECARNIN ALWAYS DOES BUT THEY PRETTY MUCH LOOK LIKE THE SAME TO ME. AND ALSO, NOT FORGETTING THAT ISABEL MARANT SHOW WAS FOR AUTUMN/WINTER WHILE BALMAIN’S IS FOR SPRING SUMMER, SO THERE SHOULD BE SOME DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEM AT LEAST BECAUSE SEASONS ARE DIFFERENT.

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DO YOU STILL RECOGNISE WHOSE DESIGNER ARE THESE?

I’VE NEVER BEEN A HUGE FAN OF DECARNIN - I MUST ADMIT THAT - AND I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED WHEN I SAW HIS PREVIOUS COLLECTION – OH, SO OBVIOUS AND WITH LACK OF CREATIVITY – BUT NOW I REALLY THINK HE HAS SHOWN HIMSELF FOR WHO HE IS: NOT THE ACCLAIMED GENIOUS WITH EVERYONE AT HIS KNEES ANYMORE! HURRAH, JUSTICE HAS BEEN MADE NOW. BETTER LATE THAN NEVER… ;-)