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Everyday Runway Wear Balmain Teams up with H&M to Release an Exclusive Line By: Brianna Wissink Imagine walking down the street, strutting in the newest Olivier Rousteing’s designs for Balmain. For the average income fashion connoisseur, this may not be a feasible vision. Think again, fashionista. November 5 th , 2015 marks the release of the Balmain x H&M collaboration. In an exclusive interview with Rousteing, he states that “Balmain is a real luxury brand and really inclusive of pushing the concept of diversity and communicating with the world and thanks to H&M that is this huge platform, joining Balmain and H&M is creating an entire nation.” The collaboration Balmain x H&M offers many items for $100 or less, while some luxury items go as high as $549. The budgeted line compromises the high-end luxury brand prices, while styles and quality of clothing and accessories will remain similar and be sold at H&M. The line includes everything from jackets, dresses, tops, bottoms, sunglasses, jewelry, and shoes. The tailored, textured and embroidered glory of the usual Balmain pieces is still the highlight of the collection. It also covers all the faux fur, sequin, satin and leather needs you may require. Big named models like Kendall Jenner, GiGi Hadid, Alek Wek, Soo Joo Park, and

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Everyday Runway WearBalmain Teams up with H&M to Release an Exclusive LineBy: Brianna Wissink

Imagine walking down the street, strutting in the newest Olivier Rousteing’s designs for Balmain. For the average income fashion connoisseur, this may not be a feasible vision. Think again, fashionista. November 5th, 2015 marks the release of the Balmain x H&M collaboration.

In an exclusive interview with Rousteing, he states that “Balmain is a real luxury brand and really inclusive of pushing the concept of diversity and communicating with the world and thanks to H&M that is this huge platform, joining Balmain and H&M is creating an entire nation.”

The collaboration Balmain x H&M offers many items for $100 or less, while some luxury items go as high as $549. The budgeted line compromises the high-end luxury brand prices, while styles and quality of clothing and accessories will remain similar and be sold at H&M.

The line includes everything from jackets, dresses, tops, bottoms, sunglasses, jewelry, and shoes. The tailored, textured and embroidered glory of the usual Balmain pieces is still the highlight of the collection. It also covers all the faux fur, sequin, satin and leather needs you may require.

Big named models like Kendall Jenner, GiGi Hadid, Alek Wek, Soo Joo Park, and Karlie Kloss walked down the catwalk on October 24th, 2015 to debut the collection. The show was followed with a party with a surprise concert from the Backstreet Boys. Mattie Kahn, from Elle Magazine stated “A blast of confetti closes out the festivities and directs show-goers to more serious business. A pop-up shop has opened downstairs.” The rich and famous got the first pick of the collection, making it that much more appealing to the fashion obsessed, middle-class shopper.

The Balmain x H&M collection release will be at select store locations and online at hm.com. The collection is for both men and women, but as the model Soo Joo Park said, “Balmain is all about strong women. It’s very empowering. I’ve always loved that.” By introducing Balmain x H&M the average fashion crazed individual can feel empowered by the clothes and accessories they wear. Now, anyone can wear luxury labels on budget and that’s the beauty of the collaboration.