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FILE - Designer Olivier Rousteing appears after the Balmain Fall/Winter 2025-2026 Womenswear collection is presented in Paris on March 5, 2025. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP, File)

PARIS – Designer Olivier Rousteing is stepping down as creative director of the Balmain fashion house after 14 hugely visible years in which he fused the rigor of Parisian tailoring with a digital-age sense of celebrity, he announced Wednesday.

“Today marks the end of my Balmain era,” Rousteing,40, wrote on Instagram. “What an extraordinary story it has been — a love story, a life story ... I will always hold this treasured time close to my heart."

Balmain confirmed Rousteing's departure and said in a statement that a new creative direction would be announced “in due course.”

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