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Pierre Balmain
French fashion designer (1914–1982)
Pierre Alexandre Claudius Balmain (French pronunciation:[pjɛʁbalmɛ̃]; 18 May 1914 – 29 June 1982) was a French fashion designer and founder of leading post-war fashion house Balmain.
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Known for sophistication and elegance, he described the art of dressmaking as "the architecture of movement".[2]
Early life
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.[1] 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.[1]
Balmain began studying architecture at the École des Beaux-Arts in 1933, also undertaking freelance work drawing for the designer Robert Piguet.
Career
After visiting the studio of Edward Molyneux in 1934, he was off