Olivier Rousteing is a French fashion designer and the creative director of Balmain. Rousteing was adopted by his parents at age 1. Rousteing's mother is an optician, while his father is a seaport manager. He grew up in Bordeaux and moved to Paris to study at ESMOD.
Balmain is a French luxury fashion house that was founded by Pierre Balmain in 1945. It currently operates 16 monobrand stores, including locations in New York, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Miami, and in Milan's Via Montenapoleone.