Claudio Alexandre Pierre Balmain (b. St. Jean de Maurienne, France, May 18, 1914 - Paris, France, June 29, 1982) was a French fashion designer. Known for sophistication and elegance, said that "architecture is the garment manufacturing of movement."
Balmain's father, who died when the future designer was 7 years old, was the owner of a wholesale business curtains. His mother and her sisters operated a fashion boutique. After studying at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, he went to work for the fashion designer Edward Molyneux, who worked from 1934 to 1939. He joined Lucien Lelong after World War II and opened his own fashion house in 1945.
Balmain also created perfumes, including Vent Vert (1947), his first hit fragrance and one of the best-selling perfume of the late 1940 and early 1950, Jolie Madame (1953), Ivoire (1979), and Eau d'Amazonie (2006). Her first fragrance gave the address of his business, 64-83 Elíseos.
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