Kylie Jenner's last-minute cancellation at Paris Fashion Week sent Balmain into a "meltdown."
The 22-year-old businesswoman was supposed to sit front row at last Friday's show, join the fashion house's creative director Olivier Rousteing on the runway at the end and personally apply her products from her beauty brand Kylie Cosmetics to the models ahead of their walk to celebrate and promote her multimillion-dollar make-up deal with the high-end brand.
However, the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star was forced to pull out her appearance just before the big gig after she developed flu-like symptoms - and the late cancellation didn't go down well with the staff at Balmain who had been working on the collaboration for months.
An insider told the New York Post newspaper's Page Six column: "They've been working on this deal with Kylie for over a year. It is huge, worth millions and millions of dollars. When Kylie cancelled at short notice, Balmain went into meltdown.