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Olivier Rousteing isn’t the first designer to succumb to the lure of the American Dream. Pierre Balmain, the founder of the French fashion house where Rousteing has been creative director for 12 years, traveled frequently to the U.S. and his ambassadors included Josephine Baker.
“What Josephine Baker was to Monsieur Balmain, Beyoncé is to me,” Rousteing said. “She’s my muse.”
The pair cocreated Balmain’s recent…
