Designer of the Day: Pierre Balmain
Born Pierre Balmain in St. Jean de Maurienne, Savoie in 1914 Pierre received his early training from the two greatest designers of the time, Molyneux and Lucien Lelong Rue Francois 1er in Paris is where Balmain open his first Haute Couture house in 1945 Balmain early inspiration is owed to Gertrude Stein and the advent of “New French Style“….image of an active, irrepressible, perfectly groomed, elegant woman with a touch of independence in her nature took root and was embodied