"Pierre Balmain: My Years And Seasons" 1964 (INSCRIBED)
$750
Inscribed by PB on FFEP w/ Best Wishes
[182] pp.
Cassell London
1964
8 5/8" x 5 7/8"
Jacket design by Edward Ripley
VG/ VG
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The autobiography of the French fashion designer Pierre Balmain (1914-1982). The memoir covers Balmain's upbringing, his first forays into fashion, his time at Lelong with Christian Dior, the establishment and successes of the Balmain couture house and his life outside of the business.
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".
Pierre Balmain. Translated by Edward Lainchbury, with Gordon Young. Cassell. London. 1964. First edition. Signed by Balmain to front free-endpaper - 'With best wishes Pierre Balmain'. Hardback, quarto; red cloth-bound boards, dust jacket. xxii, 40 hors-texte plates with b&w photographs. English