Balmain Director Shares Moving Post On Fireplace Explosion Injuries: "I Was Ashamed"
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"To be honest I am not really sure why I was so ashamed," wrote the creative director of French fashion house Balmain, Olivier Rousteing
The creative director of French fashion house Balmain, Olivier Rousteing, has revealed widespread burns he suffered last year when the explosion of his fireplace left him in hospital.
The photo on his Instagram feed taken shortly after the incident shows his entire upper body bandaged and burns on his face and carried the message: "I finally feel ready to share this."
The designer, who has just celebrated 10 years in charge of Balmain's collections, wrote in his post late on Saturday that he had woken up in hospital a year ago the morning after his home fireplace exploded.
Thanking staff at Paris' Saint-Louis Hospital for their care in the midst of the coronavirus crisis, he said he had only told friends and his fashion teams about his injuries.
