Pierre Balmain
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Pierre Alexandre Claudius Balmain 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 photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1947
Balmain designed outfits for then Queen Sirikit of Thailand for her 1960 tour of the US.
Maison Balmain in Paris, 44 rue François-Ier
Christian Dior
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Christian Ernest Dior was a French fashion designer and founder of one of the world's top fashion houses, Christian Dior SE. His fashion houses are known all around the world, having gained prominence "on five continents in only a decade."
Christian Dior in 1954
The Christian Dior Home and Museum in Granville, France
The "Bar Suit" on display at the Denver Art Museum (2019)
Dior on a Romanian stamp (2005)