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Balenciaga is known for creating avant-garde, advanced structural pieces, straddling the edge of fashion and forecasting the future of women's ready-to-wear fashion. Vintage Balenciaga garments are popular among fashion editors, Hollywood stars, and models, and have been seen on Sienna Miller, [16] Lara Bingle, Raquel Zimmerman, [17] Caroline ...
Balenciaga was gay, [12] although he kept his sexuality private throughout his life. [13] The love of his life and his long time partner was Franco-Polish millionaire Władzio Jaworowski d'Attainville, who had helped set him up and fund him. When d'Attainville died in 1948, Balenciaga was so broken he considered closing the business. [14]
It marks the first time that Balenciaga has staged an event in Mainland China, and also the first time the couture collection has been shown outside of Paris, reflecting the strategic importance ...
How a working class boy from Spain established his own fashion house and joined the likes of Chanel and Schiaparelli in the world of French haute couture.
“I would say couture is probably the coolest thing that fashion can have a conversation about today.” Few would argue with that declaration by Demna Gvasalia, creative director of Balenciaga ...
At the age of 22, Ungaro moved to Paris. Three years later he began designing for the House of Cristóbal Balenciaga [2] for three years before quitting to work for Courrèges. Four years later, in 1965 with the assistance of Swiss artist Sonja Knapp and Elena Bruna Fassio, Ungaro opened his own fashion house in Paris. [3]
Michel Goma (12 March 1932 [1] – 18 April 2022) was a French fashion designer who was the creative director of Balenciaga from 1987 to 1992, after the label was relaunched following a 19-year closure. [2] [3] Goma was born on 12 March 1932 in Moncrabeau, Lot-et-Garonne. [4]
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 ...