Nov. 5, 2011 at 3:03am with 656 notes
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bienenkiste: Dress & Petticoat - Pierre Balmain 1950 Dress: silk grosgrain with machine-made Swiss embroidery Petticoat: boned silk net and silk Given by Mrs G. Sachet Via Victoria and Albert Museum Pierre Balmain, like Dior, worked for Lucien Lelong before opening his couture house in 1945. By 1956 he had 600 employees and 12 couture workrooms. This ‘jeune fille’ summer dress has a boned petticoat, showing the care given even to the under-garments. Ginette Spanier, Balmain’s directrice, remarked, ‘If a seam is not quite right, that is a matter of life and death.’ 

bienenkiste:

Dress & Petticoat - Pierre Balmain

1950

Dress: silk grosgrain with machine-made Swiss embroidery

Petticoat: boned silk net and silk

Given by Mrs G. Sachet

Via Victoria and Albert Museum


Pierre Balmain, like Dior, worked for Lucien Lelong before opening his couture house in 1945. By 1956 he had 600 employees and 12 couture workrooms. This ‘jeune fille’ summer dress has a boned petticoat, showing the care given even to the under-garments. Ginette Spanier, Balmain’s directrice, remarked, ‘If a seam is not quite right, that is a matter of life and death.’ 

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