BalenciagaUniverse/Vendome, 1997 - 79 páginas Christian Dior called Cristobal Balenciaga "the master of us all." The priest-like Balenciaga, whose private life remained a total mystery until the day he died, created day dresses of deceiving simplicity and evening gowns of staggering extravagance, and for them he was paid the highest prices in the couture world. His faithful clients were the great fashion plates of the postwar years: the Duchess of Windsor, Gloria Guinness, Pauline de Rothschild, and Mona Bismarck, among others. Cristobal Balenciaga was born in 1895 in Getaria, in Spain's Basque country, and at the early age of twenty-four he created his own couture house in San Sebastian. He opened in Barcelona in 1933, in Madrid in 1935, and in 1948 on the Avenue Georges V in Paris, where he could serve a more international clientele. Cristobal Balenciaga retired in 1968 and died in reclusion in his native Spain in 1972. The informative text and legendary photography in this volume beautifully document this master's immeasurably influential life and work. |
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Abraham ADAGP Alice Cocéa Archives Balenciaga Avenue George balloon dress Basque country black satin black taffeta Bolero embroidered camisoles cape Carmel Snow Cecil Beaton Christian Dior clients coat in black collar collarless Collection 1951 colour Condé Nast Publications costume Courrèges courtesy of Vogue Cristobal Balenciaga David Seidner Denis's atelier designs dress worn Emanuel Ungaro ensemble español famous fashion house flounce fluid line France friends gown Guetaria Gyennes Harper's Bazaar haute couture Henry Clarke Hiro House of Balenciaga Hubert de Givenchy Irving Penn jackets Janine Janet Kublin lace Lucia's atelier Madrid moda Mode models Nattier Negligée organdy paletot pantalones vaqueros patterned tights Photo pink raincoat Rawlings Rights Reserved Salvador's atelier San Sebastián silk simplicity sleeveless sleeves Spain Spanish suit Summer Collection Suzanne's atelier Suzy Parker Théâtre des Ambassadeurs tunic tweed vestido voluminous waist Winter Collection 1950 Women's Wear WOMEN'S WEAR DAILY wool cloth worn by Maggy