fashion blab: Nouvea Cowgirl

While browsing the Spring 2012 Balmain RTW Collection, I could not help but experience strange feelings of fondness and, oddly enough, comfort in the underlying theme of, simply said, good ol' Western Wear. With a serious twist of style, of course. These odd feelings likely derive from the serious, and almost decade long, Western/Arizona/Native stage my parents went through a while back. Long enough ago to where their current style only exhibits whispers of the stage, however not long enough ago for us to forget. Arrowhead, Indians, bronze cowboy sculptures and, much to my mother's disdain, John Wayne books graced the tops of the coffee tables and hallway walls. While somehow fabulous that style was, at the time, Balmain seems to capture the essence of the Hollywood Cowboy spirit with structured shapes, intricate patterns and insane embellishments, all while incorporating the cowboy staple, denim.

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