Pierre Balmain

Person · Open Library

Born

1914

Died

1982

Works

3

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Film & TV

Costume & Make-Up · Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France

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." Balmain's father, who died when the future designer was seven, owned a wholesale drapery business. His mother, Françoise, ran a fashion…

Known for

• Samedi soir — Self1971
• World in Action1963

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Active from

1989-06-28

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Going deeper with convolutions

   · 2015 · cited 32,860x

2. Classification of Surgical Complications

   · 2004 · cited 28,222x

3. Array programming with NumPy

   · 2020 · cited 23,422x

4. Outline of a Theory of Practice

   · 1977 · cited 19,096x

5. Testing for a unit root in time series regression

   · 1988 · cited 12,653x

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Key facts

Born

Pierre Alexandre Claudius Balmain , ( 1914-05-18 ) 18 May 1914, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne , Savoie , France

Died

29 June 1982 (1982-06-29) (aged 68), Paris, France

Resting place

Saint-Sorlin-d'Arves

Occupation

Fashion designer

Known for

Founder of Balmain fashion house

Notable credit s

Neiman Marcus Fashion Award , 1955; knight of the Legion of Honour , 1962; knight of the Order of the Dannebrog , 1963; Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design winner

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