Balmain Ready-to-wear Spring/Summer 2012 show at Paris Fashion Week at the Grand Hotel Intercontinental on September 29, 2011 in Paris, France.  There was a glimpse of something new at Balmain that offset the bling not with grunge, but a guitar-twanging, porch-haunting, country aesthetic. Couture, Haute Couture, Jackets, Balmain, Ready To Wear, Couture Fashion, Moda, Caftan, Moda Femenina