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Cristóbal Balenciaga Eizaguirre was a Spanish fashion designer, and the founder of the Balenciaga fashion house. He had a reputation as a couturier of uncompromising standards and was referred to as "the master of us all" by Christian Dior and as "the only couturier in the truest sense of the word" by Coco Chanel, who continued, "The others are simply fashion designers".
21 de ago. de 2015 · Cristóbal Balenciaga (1895-1972) Cristóbal Balenciaga went from seamstress’s son to designer’s designer. In the sixth instalment of BoF’s fashion history series, we learn that the Basque couturier was self-taught and never sketched a single garment. So how did this recluse who preferred his religion to charming the press end up as such ...
Cristóbal Balenciaga Eizaguirre was born into a working-class family in the town of Getaria (Basque Country, Spain) on 21 st January 1895. His father, a fisherman, died when Balenciaga was 11 years old. His mother, a figure of reference for Balenciaga, was a seamstress and worked for the Marquises de Casa-Torres family.
Cristóbal Balenciaga: Created by Aitor Arregi, Jon Garaño, Jose Mari Goenaga, Lourdes Iglesias. With Alberto San Juan, Adam Quintero, Emeline Bayart, Gemma Whelan. A chronicle of the rise of designer Cristóbal Balenciaga from humble origins to fashion icon.
7 de jul. de 2021 · Cristóbal Balenciaga was the original couturier who had no time for designing for anyone other than the individual client. His house models were routinely described as monstrously ugly by the press.
Current exhibitions. Balenciaga. Character. March 1, 2024 - January 19, 2025. Through the third and final in the curated exhibition series, ‘Balenciaga.Character’, the Cristóbal Balenciaga Museum seeks to examine the great master’s work from a new, previously unexplored perspective, focusing on what makes ‘a Balenciaga’ so instantly recognisable.
Cristóbal Balenciaga: The Early Years. 2017 marks the 100th anniversary of the first Cristóbal Balenciaga Atelier opening in San Sebastián, Spain, and the 80th anniversary of his famous Paris salon. This exhibit examines the career of this couturier to whom Dior called "The Master of us all", one of the most important figures in 20th century ...
