Pierre Balmain

Pierre Balmain

Costume & Make-Up May 17 (died age 68) Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France 1950–1971 (21 year career)
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Biography

Pierre Alexandre Claudius Balmain (18 May 1914 – 29 June 1982) was a French fashion designer and founder of leading post-war fashion house Balmain. Known for sophistication and elegance, he described the art of dressmaking as "the architecture of movement." Balmain's father, who died when the future designer was seven, owned a wholesale drapery business. His mother, Françoise, ran a fashion boutique called Galeries Parisiennes with her sisters. He went to school at Chambéry and, during weekends…

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