Kim Kardashian Stuns At Balmain Show At Paris Fashion Week

PARIS (AP) — Among the forest decor at the star-studded Balmain collection, pop star and former French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy killed time chatting with French Vogue Editor Emmanuelle Alt. Guests were all waiting on one person: Kim Kardashian, who arrived late to the usual whirl of paparazzi flashes in her first appearance since getting attacked by a serial celebrity accoster. Here are the highlights of Thursday's spring-summer 2017 ready-to-wear shows in Paris: ___ KEEPING UP WITH KARDASHIAN When Kardashian, whose face appeared on the Balmain invitation card, finally appeared at the Balmain show she didn't disappoint. Her outfit provoked a media scrum: scantily clad in a floor-length peek-a-boo black Balmain dress with mesh cutouts with a provocative nude body stocking underneath. When she squeezed into the front row — with Kourtney Kardashian, her mother Kris Jenner, and Jenner's boyfriend, Corey Gamble also in tow — the Balmain display was allowed to commence. Thursday marked the first day Kardashian attended Paris Fashion Week since the attack by Vitalii Sediuk who struck as she was entering a posh Paris restaurant Wednesday. Following the Balmain show, Kardashian and Jenner wouldn't comment when asked by The Associated Press if a formal complaint or request for a restraining order against Sediuk had been filed, after he accosted her by kissing her posterior. Paris police also told the AP that they don't comment on specific cases. ___ BALMAIN GOES FLASHY It was a flashy spring-summer melting pot for Balmain's Olivier Rousteing, a designer with a well-known penchant for the dramatic. Models such as Gigi Hadid strutted out through the verdant leaves of the green recreated forest like multicolored birds of paradise. Show producers had painstakingly attached thousands of branches and leaves to the arches and walls in the stately home venue near the famed Champs-Elysees avenue just for the 10-minute show. And the dramatic decor matched the boldness of the designs — for better or for worse. Cinch-waists, sexy cutouts and voluminous proportions in shawls, bell pants and skirts defined the silhouette that moved from the excess of the '80s to some rather unexpected tribal — and even Masai — styles toward the end. One look, in bright synthetic purple, with a provocative split pant and shoulder sash, could almost have been worn by Dynasty's Alexis Carrington.Read more on NewsOK.com