Balmain sunglasses

The distinctive Balmain Paris Sunglasses

Balmain Paris sunglasses owe their distinctive and groundbreaking design to their last two creative directors: Christophe Decarnin and the current Olivier Rousteing (who was a member of Decarnin's creative team until he took over as director). They installed in all Balmain collections a casual, sexy and rock and roll aesthetic. In fashion, Decarnin was responsible for revitalizing the T silhouette, which undoubtedly marked the beginning of the 2000s, with washed or torn garments. Something that in the luxury sector gave a plus to fashion, since no two garments were alike.

The “new Balmain” chose as ambassadors the star models of that time as Daria Wwebowy, Erin Wasson or Raquel Zimmerman. But in this second golden age of Balmain celebrities like Victoria Beckham or singer Michael Jackson also wore and showed Balmain Paris garments and eyewear all over the world. In the last decade, with Rousteing at the helm, the Parisian maison has continued to exploit its sexy and youthful side, as well as a clear commitment to the aesthetics that defined the 80s.

Avant-garde design and sophisticated style

It is worth remembering that this groundbreaking aesthetic was already a characteristic of its founder back in 1945, Pierre Balmain. Balmain is considered one of the leading representatives of the New Look generation, fashion revolutionaries after World War II who left behind austerity and opted for garments with volume and luxury and refined fabrics.

Balmain was a successful company from its beginnings in which it already had regular and important clients such as Katherine Hepburn, Vivien Leigh or Marlene Dietrich. In this second golden age of Balmain, which began with the creative direction of Decarnin, the French maison returns to the path of groundbreaking, different and surprising design that makes you look forward to the next collection.

Balmain sunglasses have an avant-garde design and a sophisticated style that makes them the favorite of different people, who seek to highlight and wear exclusive and non-repetitive garments and accessories.

Modern silhouettes of Balmain Sunglasses

Balmain's most identifying signs are also transferred to his sunglasses collections. The most prominent are those that made Pierre Balmain one of the best representatives of the New Look, along with Christian Dior, among which are the fitted waist dress, the pointed shoulders (which in 2021 Olivier Rousteing reinvented as the Pagoda shoulders and made them the protagonists of the SS21 fashion show) or the suit with lapels (the current creative director also gave a twist to this design to make it even more famous by making the color white for the lapels a constant).

Although, undoubtedly, the most representative element of Balmain is the monogram, created by Pierre Balmain in the 70s inspired by the labyrinths of French Renaissance gardens and that today remains its hallmark, also in sunglasses.

Luxury and high-quality materials Balmain Sunglasses

In addition to its sophisticated design and groundbreaking and eighties aesthetics, Balmain is characterized by choosing luxury and high-quality materials to manufacture its exclusive sunglasses, as well as the rest of fashion and accessories.

Rousteing continues a line that moves between the legacy of the founder of the Parisian maison and a continuous reinvention and modernity of all the most characteristic elements. 

One of the most recent examples has been the reinterpretation of the iconic Balmain monogram. He commissioned one of France's leading luxury upholsterers to weave the two-tone monogram with three-dimensional PB motif, directly inspired by the second half of Pierre Balmain's era.

The latest Balmain Sunglasses collections continue to stay true to their identity with functional elements mixed with the brand's most sophisticated design. Its success in sales is thanks to its ability to combine luxury with contemporary fashion, something that has earned it worldwide recognition.

Focusing more on Balmain Paris sunglasses, we clearly see his preferences in colors (black and white, as we also saw in his collections of suits with oversize lapels, which combines perfectly with small metallic details in a very yellow gold).

Although it is true that we can see sunglasses with metallic frames, his acetate designs and his preference for playing with the aviator style, which allows him to add more visible elements in gold, also stand out more.

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