Pierre Balmain
Personal Info
Know For
Costume & Make-Up
Gender
Male
Birthday
1914-05-17 (68 years old)
Deathday
1982-06-29
Place of Birth
Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France
Also known As
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Pierre Balmain
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 with his uncle in the spa town of Aix-les-Bains, his interest in couture fashion was inspired by society women he met. Balmain began studying archit...
Production
1960
as Costume Design
1958
as Costume Supervisor
1957
as Costume Design
1954
as Costume Designer
1966
as Costume Design
1950
as Costume Design
1964
as Costume Design
1961
as Costume Design
1969
as Costume Design
1961
as Costume Design
1959
as Costume Design
1952
as Costume Design
1962
as Costume Design
1957
as Costume Design
1952
as Costume Design
1962
as Costume Design
1950
as Costume Design
1970
as Costume Design
1954
as Costume Design
1959
as Costume Design
1957
as Costume Design
1951
as Costume Design
1969
as Costumer
1951
as Costume Design
1958
as Costume Design
1958
as Costume Design
1963
as Wardrobe Designer
1961
as Costume Design
1951
as Costume Design
1970
as Costume Design
1964
as Costume Design
1956
as Costume Design
1956
as Costume Design
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