Blending heritage with the spirit of 1970s California.<o:p></o:p>

For Spring/Summer 2027, Antonin Tron loosened Balmain’s take of glamour. Think draped dresses, lingerie touches and long, lean tailoring, mixed with satin, eel skin, snake print and sheer knits. The clothes look refined, but never like anyone tried too hard.<o:p></o:p>
 A lot of it comes from the creative director’s fixation on California in the ’60s and ’70s. Joshua Tree, Palm Springs, Laurel Canyon and Death Valley, that’s where the psychedelic florals, mineral tones and rock and roll shapes come from. The long tab-front pants and soft blousons do bring Jim Morrison to mind, though Tron keeps the reference tasteful rather than theatrical. That being said, it’s not all California. The Maison’s own history is there too. Tron went back to Pierre Balmain’s draping, animal prints, embroidery and beadwork, and backstage photos from a 1950s show sparked the lingerie details. “These images are from Paris of the 1950s, but they could be today,” he says in the press notes. “Their sense of fragility, and strength, feels amazingly modern.”<o:p></o:p>
 That back and forth between the archive and Californian counterculture is really what gives the range its pulse. Tron takes the Maison’s innate identity, strips out some of the formality, and sets them next to leather, psychedelia and desert tones. After all, it exudes sensuality and confidence, grounded in the fashion house’s heritage sans getting stuck in it.<o:p></o:p>

See 20 of our favourite looks below:

Balmain Spring/Summer 2026 puts a spin on Parisian glam

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