Babette Pinsky

Babette Pinsky is an American clothing designer known for creating Babette, a defunct line of upscale women's clothing produced and designed by Pinsky in Oakland, California and sold across the United States in department stores, boutique shops and an eponymous chain of Babette stores. Pinsky owned and managed the business in partnership with her husband, Steven Pinsky. They closed the business in 2016.

Early life and education Pinsky was born and raised in New York City. Her French mother gave her the French name, Babette. She graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology.

Pinsky's signature style featured what was then a "unique accordion-like pleating style" heat-pressed into microfiber fabrics. As the company grew, Pinsky employed co-designer Josephine Tchang. Rubin describes Pinsky as using "Fortuny pleats, knife pleats, cube pleats, flower pleats, chevron pleats, box pleats - or a combination of any or more of the above," in her designs.