More Fashion Drama,this time for Balmain!

 Is this the end of fashion as we know it? What is going on? Following news that D&G might be closing down and John Galliano going to trial,WWD reported that creative director of Balmain Christophe Decarnin was recently hospitalised for depression but did have a say in the latest collection.

Fashion editors and bloggers were left waiting for the designer to take his bow after the Balmain a/w'11 show in Paris but the lights went off immediately when the last model walked off the runway. That very same minute speculations of the designer being in a mental hospital surfaced but not only that,several blogs and websites reported that the creative director no longer works for Balmain and hasn't since January.

Super-chic stylist Melanie Ward with Decarnin's team apparently whipped up the latest collection but everything was kept on the down-low so business wouldn't be affected.Could there be any truth in all of this?

Surely someone must have put a curse on our beloved designers!

By Andreas Menelaou Features Assistant

Want a first look at the Balmain S/S'11 Lookbook?

We are just days away before the menswear shows for A/W 2011-12 will kick-off in Milan and Paris but we still haven't managed to enjoy the previous shows for what they deserve.

For Spring/Summer 2011, Balmain's creative director Christophe Decarnin gave justice to the Balmain man as a rock god that all women love, showing the world that his womenswear designs are actually based on the Balmain man groupies.Well we might be overexaggerating but the collection is actually inspired by rock idols who had groupies falling all over them, worshipping the ground they walked on - in a more contemporary version.

Leather biker jackets,tight ripped and silver jeans,fitted blazers and a buckload of American attitude designed with the best materials in the business, made up the cohesive collection a must-have for our next summer's wardrobe.

The lookbook was shot by photographer Karim Sadli and you get the first look of all the shots just after the jump.

By Andreas Menelaou Features Assistant

Images courtesy of Balmain