Hervé Pierre Braillard, known as Hervé Pierre, (born 1965),
Museo Nacional Colombia. Retrieved 22 January 2017 is a French-American fashion and costume designer. In 1987, he received the first

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award from the

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. Pierre has designed fashions for four United States first ladies since the 1990s: Hillary Clinton,

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, and Melania Trump.

Biography

After graduating from the École de la chambre syndicale de la couture parisienne he studied at the art history department of the Sorbonne.Mariinsky Theate
Hervé Pierre
Mariinsky.ru. Retrieved February 2017 In 1987, he received the first

award from the Comité Colbert. The next year he became assistant to Erik Mortensen at the Balmain fashion house. After the departure of Mortensen, Pierre created three of his own fashion collections in 1991 and 1992. In addition to fashion, Pierre has also designed costumes for several opera houses. In 1992 he designed the costumes for

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’s version of the ballet ''

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'' for Paris Opera Ballet and the

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, followed by costumes for Preljocaj's ballet ''Le Parc'' for Paris Opera Ballet in 1994. He has also designed costumes for New York City Ballet (1998) and Berliner Staatsoper (1999). In the beginning of the 1990s, he moved to the United States where he worked for Oscar De la Renta . He served as creative director for Vera Wang from 1998 to 2000 and then moved to Bill Blass to work under then Creative director Lars Nilsson. After Bill Blass he worked for Carolina Herrera for 14 years, where he left a position as creative director in February 2016. His clients have included US first ladies Hillary Clinton,

and

. Pierre has for several years been styling Melania Trump. In 2017, Pierre collaborated with her to design her gown for the Donald Trump inaugural balls. The dress was vanilla-colored and off-shoulder.Bridget Foley (20 January 2017
Melania Trump Wears Hervé Pierre to Inaugural Balls
'' Women's Wear Daily'' It had a high slit, an arch across the torso and a red silk belt around the waistline. Pierre described Trump's contributions as both technical and aesthetic. The dress is exhibited at the

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.Vanessa Friedman (21 January 2017
Melania Trump’s ‘America First’ Inaugural Wardrobe
'' New York Times'' Trump's

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political action committee paid $132,000 to Pierre in 2022, after Trump left office, supposedly for "strategy consulting."

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pierre, Hervé 1965 births Living people University of Paris alumni French designers French emigrants to the United States French fashion designers