Balmain Creative Director Has Been In A Mental Hospital Since January

Balmain creative director Christopher Decarnin check into a mental hospital early January. The reasons alternate between exhaustion and depression. Balmain owner M. Alain Hivelin, meanwhile, told the press, “He has been exhausted because this season was particularly demanding and complicated," but also said the reason for his ailment is "not physical." 


A statement has yet to be released, but the general consensus is that Decarnin's hospitalization, whatever the nature, is most likely caused by a new climate of increased pressure on designers.