Balmaination Took Over Lincoln Center as Olivier Rousteing Accepted the Couture Council Award
“I never had an example, so I became my own,” Olivier Rousteing told the crowd at Lincoln Center as he accepted the 2025 Couture Council Award for Artistry of Fashion. For the Balmain creative director—who, as a young, Black designer, carved his path in an industry that offered few role models—those words carried particular resonance. …