Men's luxury jackets and blazers, designer jackets: the jacket is the starting point of the Balmain wardrobe. Built shoulders, a defined waist, clean lapels and six engraved gold-tone buttons — the signature of the house, legible at a glance. Alongside the blazer sit the blousons: a standing collar with a hidden placket, rounded topstitched panels, an adjustable elasticated waistband, or a biker cut with an asymmetrical fastening and leather-trimmed zipped cuffs. Wool, tweed, lambskin and technical cottons are worked in Italy. Worn open, the jacket lets the line run; closed, it asserts the structure.