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Balenciaga (/ b ə ˌ l ɛ n s i ˈ ɑː ɡ ə / bə-LEN-see-AH-gə, [1] Spanish: [balenˈθjaɣa], Basque: [balents̻i.aɣa]) is a Spanish luxury fashion house headquartered in Paris.It designs, manufactures and markets ready-to-wear footwear, handbags, and accessories, and licenses its name and branding to Coty for fragrances. [2]
Balenciaga was born in the Basque town Getaria , Spain on 21 January 1895. [1] His father, José Balenciaga Basurto, was a fisherman who died when Cristóbal was a boy, and his mother, Martina Eizaguirre Embil, a seamstress. As a child Balenciaga often spent time with his mother as she worked. [1]
He worked with Elsa Schiaparelli until he became head of Christian Dior's tailleure atelier in 1947, but was denied work at Balenciaga. [10] While at Dior, he contributed the popular Bar suit for Dior's inaugural 1947 "Corolle" collection, already displaying the deft tailoring that he would be known for in later years. [11] [12]
Although “The New Look” features a number of other colorful characters, including fashion designers like Cristóbal Balenciaga, Pierre Balmain and Hubert de Givenchy, they are largely defined ...
On Saturday, December 2, Parisian fashion brand Balenciaga put on a runway show in the middle of Los Angeles, taking over the Windsor Square neighborhood to share their fall 2024 men’s and women ...
Yesterday afternoon, Spanish label Balenciaga put on a runway show in the middle of Los Angeles, taking over the Windsor Square neighborhood to share its fall 2024 men’s and women’s collections.