Pierre BALMAIN (1914-1982). 2 L.A.S., Marrakech August 2 and 10 [1979], to Anna Maillard; 8 pages in-4, envelope. Balmain is busy decorating his houses in Morocco and Normandy. In his Moroccan solitude, he "feels a little resentful at knowing that all the buildings of what, for some, seemed to be my glory have collapsed! Thin glory that the one that remains to me! His partner is causing him trouble, and he is thinking more and more about writing a book. He received good news from the fashion house: "a client, a Saudi princess, has just ordered 67 million old francs! - All the most embroidered evening dresses. Fortunately there are the ladies of oil and our dear Queen of Thailand who continues to flood us with these folk fabrics to enrich and turn into dresses for her and her daughters "...