The Sartorialist

i know this is everyone’s favorite jacket these days…
but i’m just going to go ahead and say that i don’t like it. i don’t find it flattering on anyone i’ve seen it on so far.
where is her neck??

this picture is absolutely perfect!

Just beautiful. Can’t find words to describe how I feel everytime I see something designed by Christophe Decarnin ! I’m in love with his creations. The best things I’ve ever seen in my life !

Brillant:X love the balmain coat

Ahh, leather pants. They always come ’round again. She looks really good and fresh, not taking the hair too seriously, love the gold watch. It seems these small details add up and the effect is relevant to our time right now, and does not look like The Jackson Family World Tour, 1985, (did they tour in ’85?). She pulls it off brilliantly.

Amazing jacket, she looks fantastic!

As a girl with slumpy, narrow shoulders (they run in my family), I am soo thankful for this trend.

god this is gorgeus,,,,,,

i simply adore it!

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i love that look! the jackets amazing – xoxo jess

i don’t like the jacket. cute girl, proportions good, beautiful smile. bad jacket. too michael jackson for me.

I was such a Balmain lover… The o7 collections, the 08…. Then Spring Summer 09 – but I have to admit: Balmain is so over…..

Very 80′s in a way. Fun!

Love it, but now that someone mentioned it above, it does give off a Michael Jackson feel LoL! I wonder if he was the inspiration?

-Ashley
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I like the attention to detail with the gold watch.

When I first saw her, I thought “oh, she’s in a marching band”. Then, I realized this was her own outfit. It will always say “costume”, and history is not kind to costumes (e.g. 80′s jumpsuits).

I like the pants though.

i almost always absolutely HATE denim on top – but this is an anomaly. she’s flipped her wardrobe upside down!
if only they had balmain in aus (well at least, it’s hidden from me!).

love the sleeves’ length

costume, meet weekly trend. enjoy your 15.

EVERYONE HAS THESE. They sold out everywhere in like snap 2 weeks.

How could anything with that many buttons be bad? I kind of think the buttons need to be on the other side instead of those loopy things *and* I’d like the skirt sort of thing (is it a peplum when it’s this long?) be longer and fuller. It would take the mannishness from the jacket and push it over the edge to full on girly.

I can say, i really love her shoulderpads too. But what i really really love is her smile.
She has a great body and can wear these leather leggings. Of course.
The uniform jacket? I saw them a lot in the last weeks.

A bientôt,
Jérôme

she looks so fab. but who hasn’t been seen in this jacket now?

*sighs* But it does not change how much i absolutely love itt.

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Wow the comments regarding this jacket go to the extreme on both sides. I love a jacket that gets people talking.

I for one love it. I like looking at it. I like the fact that as a band geek I hated wearing one similar to it but Balmain makes me question whether I was to hasty in my opinion.

I know this would not look good on me at all, but I appreciate the fun and fashion it exudes.

digg this <3

I don’t think much of regular girls wearing Balmain jackets. Now Anna Selezneva rocking it is a whole different story. That’s just me.

Great detailing on the coat, but I am not really fond of the 17th century army coat inspired look haha

the pants are beyond awesome btw!

A fashionista dominatrix.

Chris Martin: take note.

there is something about the sleeve, that i love

I hate this shoulder line, balmain or not, it looks to me like the hanger indetations. I”m not going to get on board with this trend, ever. I appreciate it for the runway, but not in RL.

i saved this picture several days ago so i’d have it to refer to.
she is magnificent and i love this outfit. casual, trendy, but very, very likable.

Some how this woman pulls it off. However, I just must point out it is an acid washed jacket that looks like my high school majorette jacket.

Now that everyone’s carrying cell phones and telling the time that way, a watch just seems that much cooler. Hers is so big and funky. I love it.

And absolutely love the jacket.

For those of us not exposed to such different looks in our everyday lives I find this look wonderful and refreshing. Such a great statement of style-the Beatles should be proud!

shoulders are too square

She is Barbara Martelo!
I have seen her several times during this fasshion week ans she is always wearing Balmain Jackets (Balmain, Givenchy, Loewe…)…Anyway it is the first time I see one of those jackets in ‘jean’ clothe!!
She is faboulous and nice Barbara!!

Style de Vie

she pulls it off well though I am still not 100% convinced by the jacket!

This women is one of the few people who can actually look good in Balmain. Kudos to her!

Hi..
Nice blog..
Congratulation..
☆ Martinha ☆
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Although I’m not a fan of this Balmain jacket (shock horror, I know), Barbara looks amazing! Love her style!
xx

that’s a cool jacket.

this jacket wont ever look demode
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Beautiful!

it’s her, it’s the jacket, it’s her and the jacket.

I just love the smile on her face and how a piece of hair created a shadow line on her face. Great picture, indeed.

If my body was the same type as hers, I’d go with the look. The black leather pants and bailman jacket is genius.

Bellissima !

martin margiela did it first but…sadly balmain has now the succes! anyway for me that look is ridiculous! although she looks nice because she is nice…

Bárbara, las tiene todas!!

I love the shape of the jacket on her (definitely for those that are elongated and slender), but I wish it was in another fabric.

Hello Gorgeous! Beautiful smile – this lady loves to have fun – definitely not self absorbed – she is a free soul. This denim jacket is so HOT – especially when paired with perfect leather pants and she’s sporting the fat gold rollie. Like I said before Scott, you bring out the Best in your subjects.

Its just too trendy for me; the overwhelming response to this jacket, as in so many people wearing it during fashion weeks, turns me off. With items like this I feel like I will never be able to make them my own.

I’ll have to wait 5 years until they’re a distant memory; then revitalizing it will be cool and unique.

It doesn’t get any better!

The Beatles ruined this look for me.

It’s a cool jacket but i don’t think it makes femenin to anyone. It’s like 17/18 century clothes, where the breast was almost hidden. Also those shoulders don’t make a nice figure… i think.

Ugliest jacket ever. If that makes me unpopular with the fashionistas – so be it.

Big shoulders + pale denim? Are you kidding me? What is Balmain thinking and WHY is this popular?

Like the pants though!

This jacket is a bit to get use to. The more I see it, the more it grows on me, ( like a Brittany song?? maybe). It’s one of those pieces that we’ll look back at in a few years and say, oh yah, remember that jacket that was around for a few months. If we remember it with love is another question.

I just typed up a post on Balmain’s Sgt. Pepper-ish jackets. You know how certain people (myself included) get disgusted by the ubiquitous it-bags, it-shoes. it-sunglasses…well, this may definitely become, if not already is,the it-jacket. But, you know what…I don’t mind at all this time! I simply love it.

I love people that can pull off that kind of crazy thing.

LOVE IT !

the jacket doesn’t suit her, it’s wearing her and not the other way around… it all seems too forced.

like the gold watch with it though

Oh my god! I must have it now!
Such an amazing jacket!!!

ruth (http://blog.matchesfashion.com/)

Adores the jackets.

is this the same girl in the image with the beautiful leather jacket and colourful dress? i think this balmain look has been a bit overdone already which is such a shame because its a great collection. its already showing up in all chain stores….however this image is beautiful and she does look fantastic!

x.

the strange thing about this ensemble is that i do not actually like the jacket as a piece. but, i DO like it on her. i find this kind of paradoxical thinking to be a pretty common response for me when observing fashion. she works it. and that’s cool.

gorgeous smile.. but whats with all the costume-like clothes on the streets…

i am 100% completely and totally smitten with this outfit and this girl.

Simply fab.

the “Sargent Pepper meets Michael Jackson” look is wonderful as there’s a contrast between her BCBG face and her eccentric and sexy clothes.

just because startrek is coming…

LOVE the jacket

Now we vave a paquita in Paris. How chic!

love your shoes!