Tag: couturiers
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Fashion’s fantasies on film, pt. 2
When I began this post a few weeks ago, I was surprised to find out how often the worlds of fashion design and film design overlapped. It turns out that Hollywood has always snapped up fashion’s best creators the same way they have done with writers and stories. Many fashion designers also have entries in…
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Balmain: From French Refinement to Global Glitz
This article is the second in our presentations about Parisian couture houses active today and how they came into being. Pierre Balmain, founder, 1914-1982 Balmain was born in the town of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, in the Savoy region of France. His father sold textiles wholesale and his mother ran a fashion boutique. Despite his interest in fashion,…