Balmain Collection

Pierre Balmain with one of his designs, 1948
Photograph showing Pierre Balmain presenting a pink and white petticoat, with gueppieres that helped to achieve a 48 centimetre waist, 1948

Commonwealth Oxygen & Accessories Ltd Advert
An advertisement photograph showing a gentleman stood beside a large sculpture of rearing horses, used to promote Comox, (Oxy Acetylene) welding to sculpture

Parisian-inspired female fashion: a horseshoe-collared silk coat from Balmain and an evening dress from Desses. Date: 1954

Emu and young, Dromaius novaehollandiae
Emu and young chicks, Dromaius novaehollandiae. Lithograph after an illustration by Louisa Anne Meredith from her book Tasmanian Friends and Foes, Feathered, Furred and Finned, Marcus Ward, London

Balmain bug or butterfly fan lobster, Ibacus peronii. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder from William Elford Leachs Zoological Miscellany, McMillan

Pierre Balmain at Debenhams advertisement, 1959
A bold-checked nine-tenths coat buttoned with discs of ocean pearl, the shoulder line drops from the curve of the horseshoe collar by Pierre Balmain available at Debenhams (Debenham and Freebody)

Dress by Pierre Balmain, 1960
A dress by Pierre Balmain in pale yellow silk chiffon with a matching hat trimmed with roses and white lilac. Date: 1960

Balmain evening dress, 1962
The return of the ballgown a la Grecque ; a pearly white chiffon dress with flounced skirt and shoestring strapped bodice swathed at the waist and accentuated by a bow of pink satin

Bath Preparations, 1957
A woman wearing a rather flammable looking nightdress and dressing gown prepares to anoint her bath with Joli Madame perfume by Pierre Balmain

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