Word: balmain
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Jacques Fath, a slim, blond newcomer, added a bodice of torturing wire stays to his model of dusty blue taffeta, "Argengon" (price: $650). Hermès, famed for his sport dresses, featured his low-necked "Boston." Another newcomer, Pierre Balmain, managed to be very chic and comparatively reasonable: his mauve taffeta and tight-skirted black silk evening gown (price: $360) also had long gloves of matching taffeta. Spanish-born, ex-Communist Balenciaga was the only one who went against the mode. The New York Sun's Judy Barden quipped about Balenciaga's conservative collection: "It reminds...