Tag: Balmain
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Angeleen
Southern beauty queen and model Angeleen Gagliano (1950-2009) is a familiar face to vintage pattern aficionados. Born Angelina Marie Gagliano, she was also a keen equestrian—she is the model in Chris von Wangenheim’s circa 1975 series Untitled (Woman with horse). (It’s her horse. See prints at Christie’s and Staley-Wise Gallery.) Her son, Jason Storch, has posted…
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Mad Men Era 2: The Old Guard II
This week my series on Mad Men-era designer patterns continues with four designers who established their labels between the early 1940s and 1950: Jacques Griffe, Pauline Trigère, Pierre Balmain, and Pierre Cardin. Jacques Griffe (1917-1974) Jacques Griffe was born in the medieval city of Carcassonne, France. After two apprenticeships, first with a tailor and then…
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