Christophe Decarnin, the designer widely credited with making French house Balmain hot by tossing out all the usual guff about “DNA” and heritage and just making a lot of really short, really sexy, slashed-’n-sparkly mini-dresses, is leaving the house. Read more
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Vanessa has been the FT’s fashion editor since 2003, and is based in New York, though she lived in London for 12 years.