Antonin Tron is the new Creative Director of Balmain , effective this month following the departure of Olivier Rousteing , whose impressive 14-year tenure saw the French house’s revenues grow ten-fold. The 41-year-old Tron is the designer behind the decade-old Paris brand Atlein , a label renowned for its artisanal draping and manipulation of jersey—“as good as Alaia’s,” Hamish Bowles said while reporting Vogue ’s September 2016 profile of the designer—as well as its thoughtful and respectful take on femininity (variously fueled by feminist, gender, and environmental theorists, writers, and artists). Tron will show his debut collection for Balmain for fall 2026 in March of next year.

“Balmain has a truly inspiring history,” Tron says. “At its heart, the house embodies savoir-faire

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