Acrylic Die-Cut Magnet: Balmain

From the Minneapolis Institute of Art: Proclaim your love for Mia and Paris Couture with this die-cut acrylic magnet!

Olivier Rousteing headed the House of Balmain from 2011 to 2025. In 2019, he relaunched its haute couture line, which had been absent since Oscar de la Renta's departure in 2002, in order to reconnect the house with its Parisian roots. Pearls were the predominant material of his edgy and futuristic collection. This ensemble's organza fins recall Pierre Balmain's creations of the 1950s. Opera glasses worn as spectacles and a bag resembling a bowling ball lend ironic humor and theatricality, embracing a camp aesthetic particularly rooted in the queer community. This collection remains the only haute couture presentation by Rousteing.

Palais Galliera, gift of Balmain-Vogue Paris Foundation 2019 (2020.4.1.1-11). Exhibition conceived by the Palais Galliera, Paris Fashion Museum, Paris Musées, in collaboration with the Minneapolis Institute of Art and Saint Louis Art Museum. Photography: Roger-Viollet.

Materials: acrylic 

Dimensions: 2.5" L x 1.25" H