French fashion house Balmain is bringing 80 years of couture drama to Miami. The maison’s traveling archival exhibition, " One Night, Eight Decades, " landed in the Design District this past weekend, turning the brand’s flagship into a time-traveling playground of Parisian glamour and very Balmain flair. The show debuted in New York and Beijing earlier this year, but now it’s Miami’s turn to bask in the glow.

The exhibition opens the doors to Balmain’s history books: eight decades of tailoring, embellishment and architectural silhouettes, all tucked inside the two-story space at 140 NE 39th Street.

The show pulls heavily from the house archives, with haute couture looks, sketches, photographs and red-carpet creations crafted for some of the world’s most recognizable performers. A

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