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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 French 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]
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The cult brand is relaunching one of the most iconic handbags of the 21st century—with a slight facelift.
His work soon turned Balenciaga into a critically acclaimed fashion house. [11] His biggest commercial success was the Lariat bag, [18] with braided handles and dangling zipper pulls. An aspect of the designer's devotion to the house's legacy was his respect for Cristóbal Balenciaga's original design concepts.
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Théâtre de la Mode exhibit of doll-like mannequins wearing 1946 French couture clothing and accessories.. Théâtre de la Mode (Theatre of Fashion) was a 1945–1946 touring exhibit of fashion mannequins created at approximately 1/3 the size of human scale, and crafted by top Paris fashion designers.It was created to raise funds for war survivors and to help revive the French fashion ...