Olivier Rousteing, the Balmain designer, is the man responsible for one of the most appreciated dresses of the year, worn by Zendaya, but, apparently, he did his job this year in terrible conditions.
The famous fashion designer shared on Instagram a shocking photo from a year ago, in which he has his arms and torso bandaged, and bruises all over his face. He revealed to the more than 7 million followers that, for more than a year, he has been secretly suffering the consequences of a terrible accident.
“I’ve been hiding this for too long and it’s time for you to know,” the 36-year-old Frenchman wrote. “Exactly a year ago, the fireplace inside my house exploded. I woke up the next morning at Saint Louis Hospital in Paris. The dedicated staff at that famous hospital, which was dealing with an incredible number of COVID cases at the same time, took amazing care of me. I can’t thank them enough. ”
“I have done everything to hide this story from as many people as possible, and I have been trying to keep it a secret with my teams and friends for too long,” he continued. “To be honest, I’m not really sure why I was so ashamed. Maybe out of this obsession with perfection for which fashion is known and out of my own insecurities… As I began to recover, I worked day and night to forget and create my collections, making people dream with my collections and at the same time hiding the scars with masks, turtlenecks, long sleeves, and even many rings on all fingers, at interviews or photo sessions. ”
“And that’s how I realized that the power of social media is that it only reveals what you want to show!”, Added the designer. “It allows us to create our own narrative, avoiding what we don’t want to see or show: this is our new world.”
Rousteing, who has been at Balmain for 10 years, ended his message by reassuring his fans that he is now healed, happy and healthy, and thanking him for being alive and for all the people who made his recovery possible. continuing its creative mission.