Balmain Autumn/Winter 2012-13, Paris Fashion Week

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Fashion collection Balmain  Autumn/Winter 2012-13 - Pearls, jewels, green velvet and gold all worked together as wider-in-the shoulder and boxier jackets - where in the past they had been inverted triangles - took to the catwalk. It was out, not up, in silhouette - a trick that brought a real freshness.

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The colour palette, too, proved this new fresh luxe direction - no longer muddied by the Balmain girl's night out before. Think medieval green, pinks and silver, glistening brocades, pearlescent shades and opulent gold with cream and white.
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This collection conveyed layers of cultural references - in the ornately embroidered biker jackets not dissimilar to tapestries, and the first series of pearl studded looks which looked like extravagant sets of armour.

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