PIERRE BALMAIN MEN'S VINTAGE DOUBLE PLEATED HOUNDSTOOTH LUXURY TROUSERS

PIERRE BALMAIN MEN'S VINTAGE DOUBLE PLEATED HOUNDSTOOTH LUXURY TROUSERS Modern Balmain fashion house is expensive, sophisticated and concise. METICULOUS ATTENTION TO DETAIL PURE VIRGIN WOOL RN 7729 MEASUREMENTS WAIST 40" INSEAM 31" CUFFS 1.25" LINED TO THE KNEES NO FLAWS! Pierre Balmain (born May 18, 1914, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France—died June 29, 1982, Paris) was a French couturier who in 1945 founded a fashion house that made his name a byword for elegance. His clients included the Duchess of Windsor, the Queen of Belgium, and many of the leading film stars of the 1950s, as well as the experimental writers Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas. “Dressmaking is the architecture of movement,” declared Balmain, who had initially studied architecture. After apprenticing with Captain Edward Molyneux, he joined the firm of Lucien Lelong, where he worked with Christian Dior, who was to become his main rival during their heyday in the postwar years. The House of Balmain was an immediate success, its clothes were characterized by superb quality, particularly in evening wear, which combined femininity with imposing elegance. He rapidly expanded, opening branches in New York City and Caracas and diversifying into perfume and accessories. Among the actors for whom he designed clothing were Marlene Dietrich, Katharine Hepburn, Sophia Loren, Ingrid Bergman, and Brigitte Bardot. He published his memoir, My Years and Seasons, in 1964 and 1978 was made an officer of the Legion of Honour.