Vintage Designer Clothing - Featured Designers

Vintage Designer Clothing
Featured Designers - Pierre Balmain
"Couture is architecture in movement."  Pierre Balmain
Pierre Balmain was born in 1914.  He first trained as an architect, and then received his training in fashion working under two of the preeminent designers of the era, Molyneux and Lucien Lelong.  He collaborated closely with Christian Dior while working for Lelong.   Balmain opened his design house in Paris in 1945.
Balmain sought elegance without lavishness in his couture, eschewing ornamentation and often using fur for hoods or trims.   He was a leading practitioner of the "New French Style" (or "New Look") of Paris couture following World War II and the "Jolie Madame" style of the mid-1950s, but was not hemmed into the heavily draped and embroidered styles of his early designs, as he changed to structural, uncluttered designs in the 1960s.  Balmain claimed that he, not Dior, deserved credit for the small-waisted, bell-shaped skirts that were a key component of the "New Look".
Balmain popularized the fur stole as an accessory.
He received the Neiman Marcus Award in 1955, and was awarded the Cavaliere Ufficiale del Merito Italiano by the President of Italy and named an Officier de la Légion d'Honneur by the President of France.
"Keep to the basic principles of fashion and you will always be in harmony with the latest trends without falling prey to them."  Pierre Balmain
Balmain was couturier to many film legends, and is most famous for designing the clothes Brigitte Bardot wore in And God Created Woman.
Balmain died in 1982, and the house of Pierre Balmain has continued, first under the leadership of Eric Mortensen (of whom Pierre Balmain said "He is more Balmain than me."), and then to Herve Pierre, Oscar de la Renta, Laurent Mercier, and now Christophe Lebourg.

Home e-mail us

Ordering, Payment, and Shipping Information

Women's
Aprons
Belts
Blouses
Boots
Briefcases
Bustiers and Halters
Capes
Coats
Costumes
Dresses
Evening Jackets
Flip-flop Socks
Furs
Gloves
Hair Accessories
Hats
Hawaiian Wear
Jackets
Jeans
Jewelry
Jumpsuits
Knit Ponchos
Lingerie
Maternity
Overalls
Pants
Pullovers
Purses
Robes and Loungewear
Scarves
Sequined Tops
Shawls
Shirts
Shoe and Boot Bags
Shoes
Shorts and Culottes
Skirts
Ski Wear
Slippers
Suits
Sunglasses and Cases
Sweaters
Swimwear and Cover-ups
T-Shirts
Three-piece Outfits
Two-piece Outfits
Ties
Vests
Wallets, Change Purses, and Accessories

Men's
Accessories and Jewelry
Belts
Coats
Handkerchiefs
Hats
Hawaiian Shirts
Jackets
Overalls
Pullovers
Robes and Nightwear
Shirts
Shoes and Boots
Shorts
Ski Wear
Slacks, Pants, and Jeans
Sports Logo Wear
Suspenders
Sweaters
T-Shirts
Ties
Vests

Children's
Girls' Accessories
Girls' Clothes
Girls' Shoes
Boys' Accessories
Boys' Clothes

Eden's Creations
Accessories
Belts
Clothes
Purses
Shoes

Featured Designers
Giorgio Armani
Badgley Mischka
Balenciaga
Bally
Pierre Balmain
BCBG
Bebe
Laura Biagiotti
Manolo Blahnik
Hugo Boss
Bottega Veneta
Burberry
Tory Burch
Byblos
Cacharel
Pierre Cardin
Casadei
Oleg Cassini
Roberto Cavalli
Celine
Chanel
Chloe
Coach
Costume National
Courreges
Oscar de la Renta
Diesel
Christian Dior
Dolce & Gabbana
Dooney & Bourke
Mark Eisen
Escada
Etro
Evins
Carlos Falchi
Fendi
Ferragamo
Gianfranco Ferre
Alberta Ferretti
Frankie B
Diane Freis
Maud Frizon
Jean Paul Gaultier
Ghost
Romeo Gigli
Marithe Francois Girbaud
Givenchy
Gucci
Halston
Katharine Hamnett
Ed Hardy
Carolina Herrera
Marc Jacobs
Betsey Johnson
Joie
Charles Jourdan
Juicy Couture
Norma Kamali
Donna Karan
Kenzo
Calvin Klein
Michael Kors
Krizia
Christian Lacroix
Karl Lagerfeld
Helmut Lang
Rena Lange
Lanvin
Ted Lapidus
Guy Laroche
Ralph Lauren
Judith Leiber
Lolita Lempicka
Chan Luu
Bruno Magli
Max Mara
Nicole Miller
Nolan Miller
Miss Sixty
Missoni
Miu Miu
Issey Miyake
Isaac Mizrahi
Hanae Mori
Moschino
Thierry Mugler
Todd Oldham
Adrianna Papell
Paloma Picasso
Prada
Pucci
Narciso Rodriguez
Cynthia Rowley
Sonia Rykiel
Jil Sander
Giorgio Sant' Angelo
Shelli Segal
7 For All Mankind
Ben Sherman
Sigerson Morrison
Adele Simpson
Sisley
Kate Spade
Cynthia Steffe
St. John
Yves St. Laurent
Streets Ahead
Anna Sui
Tadashi
Tahari
Vivienne Tam
Theory
J.P. Tod's
Pauline Trigere
True Religion
Trussardi
Trina Turk
Richard Tyler
Emanuel Ungaro
Valentino
Dries Van Noten
Vera
Versace
Vertigo
Adrienne Vittadini
Diane Von Furstenberg
Vera Wang
Stuart Weitzman
Vivienne Westwood
Sue Wong
Giuseppe Zanotti
Ermenegildo Zegna

Links