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Pierre Balmain
A Paris couture house founded by Pierre Balmain in 1945, rue François Ier; the house of Germaine Cellier’s Vent Vert, and an active company today.
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- Name
- Pierre Balmain
documented
- Kind
- fragrance house
house classification
the house’s own reading, labelled as such
the grouping on /houses: what the firm was chiefly known for in the sources read
confidence B
- Founded
- 1945 (year)
documented
Maison de couture fondée en 1945 par Pierre Balmain.
BNF-BALMAIN · Bibliothèque nationale de France · read 2026-10-08
confidence A
- Founders
- Pierre Balmain
documented
Maison de couture fondée en 1945 par Pierre Balmain.
BNF-BALMAIN · Bibliothèque nationale de France · read 2026-10-08
confidence A
- Pierre Balmain
- Places
- Paris, 44 rue François Ier (founded in)
documented
Over time, 44 rue François Ier established itself as the beating heart of the House
BALMAIN-PIERRE · Pierre Balmain S.A.S · read 2026-10-08
confidence B
- Paris, 44 rue François Ier (founded in)
- Documented work
- What it became
- became a house that went on after its designer’s death in 1982
documented
firm continued after designer's death in 1982
LOC-BALMAIN · Library of Congress · read 2026-10-08
confidence A
- became a house that went on after its designer’s death in 1982
- Today
- an active company in Paris (French register) (checked 2026-10-08)
documented
Sources
- BALMAIN-PIERRE · Pierre Balmain S.A.S. “Pierre Balmain — Balmain”, the company’s own account. balmain.com/en-gb/pages/pierre-balmain · read 2026-10-08 · no licence stated (quoted, not reproduced)
- BNF-BALMAIN · Bibliothèque nationale de France. Authority record ark:/12148/cb14950581h: Balmain (Paris). catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14950581h · read 2026-10-08 · Licence Ouverte de l'État (Etalab) — BnF descriptive and authority metadata
- LOC-BALMAIN · Library of Congress. Name Authority File nr97011137: Pierre Balmain (Firm). id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr97011137 · read 2026-10-08 · no licence stated (Library of Congress authority record) (quoted, not reproduced)
- OSMO-1 · Osmothèque, Conservatoire international des parfums. Collection Osmothèque, juin 2015 (PDF list: name, house, launch year, concentration, family, sub-family, perfumers). www.osmotheque.fr/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Col… · read 2026-09-30 · no reuse licence stated; short quotes and single facts only, under fair use (quoted, not reproduced)
- REG-PIERRE-BALMAIN · Insee and DINUM. The Sirene company register, read through the Annuaire des Entreprises API (recherche-entreprises.api.gouv.fr): PIERRE BALMAIN, SIREN 582054862. recherche-entreprises.api.gouv.fr/search?q=58205… · read 2026-10-08 · Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab), as stated on the API page at data.gouv.fr
- WD-1 · Wikidata (Wikimedia Foundation): the items named on each record (each statement read with its references), read 2026-09-30. www.wikidata.org · read 2026-09-30 · CC0 1.0
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