- Title: FRANCE: PREVIEW OF PIERRE BALMAIN'S SPRING COLLECTION.
- Date: 22nd January 1966
- Summary: 1. GV MANNEQUINS IN CHANGING ROOM 0.13 2. GV MANNEQUIN WALKS ON IN GREEN ENSEMBLE, DRESS OF WHITE JERSEY BALMAIN TO LADY BUYER SOF... 0.48 3. CU BALMAIN 0.50 4. SV MANNEQUIN IN CHECK SUIT WITH SHORT SKIRT SOF... 1.24 5. GV MANNEQUIN IN EVENING DRESS WITH LONG SLEEVES AND RUFFLE, FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER MODEL IN EVENING DRESS WITH NEW OBLIQUE CUT AND CERISE EMBROIDERED BAND, THEN ANOTHER EVENING DRESS OF TWO COLOURS AND BAND OF EMBROIDERY 2.05 "HERE WE ARE ALREADY IN THE SPRING WITH THAT GREEN ENSEMBLE. YOU SEE THIS IS VERY, VERY DRY MATERIAL, VERY NEAT AND THE SEAMS ARE OBLIQUICAL...OBLIQUE... THE HAT IS A PARCEL VERY NEATLY TIED AND THE DRESS IS MADE OF WHITE JERSEY EDGED WITH THE TIME SAME MATERIAL... IT SHOULD BE A GOOD SELLER, DON'T YOU THINK SO?" WOMAN'S VOICE: "GOODNESS, HOW SHORT." BALMAIN: "THAT'S THE POINT. YOU KNOW, SHE'S THE YOUNGEST OF ALL OUR MANNEQUINS. THIS YOUNG DANISH GIRL IS ONLY 18 BUT SHE IS DRESSED LIKE A GIRL OF 18 SHOULD BE." WOMAN'S VOICE: "YES, BUT I CAN'T SELL THAT LENGTH TO MY CUSTOMERS." BALMAIN: "YES, BUT YOUR CUSTOMERS WILL HAVE IT SLIGHTLY LONGER, THAT WOULD BE EXACTLY THE SAME. LOVELY CHECK, THIS ONE IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT." "AND AS FOR THE EVENING DRESSES, THEY ARE VERY OFTEN WITH LONG SLEEVES. THIS IS A VERY HEAVY LACE, THERE'S A RUFFLE AT THE BOTTOM. IT IS FOR DINNER IN A SUMMER NIGHT. THIS ONE HAS THE NEW CUT, OBLIQUICAL, WITH A BAND OF EMBROIDERY IN TURQUOISE. AND THIS IS LIKE A CAPE." Initials JHS/V/JF/ES THIS FILM EMBARGOED UNTIL 1800 GMT, MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 1966. Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 6th February 1966 12:00
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- Location: PARIS -- FRANCE
- Country: France
- Reuters ID: LVA7GLW6ZO7FSWW0VIQMS0NEXBI9
- Story Text: PIERRE BALMAIN HAS GONE FOR SIMPLICITY IN HIS SPRING AND SUMMER COLLECTION. HIS STYLES ARE CUT INTO Y AND H SHAPES WITH A LOT OF TRIM PLEATS AND BIAS CUTS. HE PRESENT HIS COLLECTION TO THE PRESS IN PARIS ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 25.
BALMAIN HAS MADE HIS SKIRTS LONGER FOR DAY WEAR, DROPPING HEMLINES TO THE KNEES. COSTUME JACKETS ARE SHORT WITH SMALL COLLARS AND TOPCOAT HEMLINES, JUST LONG ENOUGH TO SHOW A GLIMPSE OF THE COSTUME BENEATH THEM. DINNER DRESSES ARE MAINLY SLEEVELESS WITH HIGH NECKLINES. HIS COLOURS ARE ALIKE AND GAY, MOSTLY SALADIN GREEN, NAVY BLUE, AND RED AND WHITE COMBINATIONS.
DESCRIBING A MANNEQUIN IN A GREEN ENSEMBLE AND A WHITE JERSEY DRESS, BALMAIN SAID:
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