Pierre Balmain
1914 – 1982
French

Fashion designer. His clothing designs interwove the contrary concepts of simplicity and luxury into high style. He also enjoyed the illusion and fantasy of creating theatrical sets.

Contemporaries
1909–1943Simone Weil
1881–1955Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
1847–1922Georges Sorel
1871–1922Marcel Proust
1915–1968Thomas Merton
1882–1973Jacques Maritain
1859–1947Pierre Janet
1869–1951André Gide
1862–1921Georges Feydeau
1859–1941Henri Bergson