1.8: Incredible Beauties, Legendary Photographers And Iconic Images

Pierre Balmain’s designs were key ingredients in some of the twentieth century’s most important fashion shootings. Month after month, season after season, the house’s couture creations were worn by beautiful models in incredible locations, captured by talented photographers and published by the leading magazines. Since this episode is centered on some of the mid-century’s most iconic fashion images, you may want to click on the webpage link to view the incredible photographs that our expert guests are describing. One of this podcast’s fashion authorities is Susanna Brown, who joins us for a second time. Brown, a photography curator and art historian, has overseen some of the most impressive photography exhibitions in recent years, including a 2012 exhibit on Cecil Beaton, a 2014 exhibit on Horst and the acclaimed 2019 show on Tim Walker—all first shown at London’s Victoria And Albert (V&A) Museum. In Episode Six , Susanna Brown spoke with us about the photographer Horst and she returns today to talk about other celebrated fashion photographers of the twentieth century and walks us through some of their most notable creations. Lynn Yaeger, the CFDA-award winning journalist who is known for her unique ability to mix an incredible design knowledge with often-amusing and always thought-provoking takes on class, politics, society and history also joins us on this episode.CREDITS L’ATELIER BALMAIN EPISODE EIGHTIncredible Beauties, Legendary Photographers And Iconic ImagesBalmain Creative Director: Olivier RousteingSpecial Podcast Guests: Susanna Brown and Lynn YaegerEpisode Direction and Production: Seb LascouxBalmain Historian: Julia GuillonEpisode Coordination: Alya NazaralyResearch Assistance: Pénélope André and Yasmine Ban AbdallahDigital Coordination/Graphic Identity: Jeremy MaceEpisode researched, written and presented by John Gilligan To explore further:Pierre Balmain: My Years and Seasons, (Doubleday, 1965) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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By celebrating where we come from, we can clearly see where we are headed.” That phrase, pulled from the first line of Balmain’s own definition of its singular DNA, is key to understanding both the historic Paris fashion house and the outlook of its groundbreaking Creative Director, Olivier Rousteing. L’Atelier Balmain podcast explores key themes and compelling stories of this 75-year-old house, with insights from Rousteing and members of his team helping make clear how each and every Balmain runway builds upon an incredible legacy.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.