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BALENCIAGA
By: Faith Brandt
EARLY LIFE OF
CRISTÓBAL BALENCIAGA
• Born in fishing village called Guetaria, Spain on
January 21, 1895
• Father passed away just a few years after
Cristóbal’s birth
• Mother was a seamstress & after husband’s death
went to work doing laundry & pressing at Casa de
Torres mansion
• Assisted his mother with work
• Learned & studied dress making as youngster
• Marquesa de Casa Torres saw Balenciaga’s fashion
interest & organized for him to go to Madrid for
professional tailor training (she wore his early
work)
THE MAKINGS OF A LEGACY
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1919 opened first boutique in San Sebastian, then in Madrid and Barcelona
Spanish royal family sported his pieces
Forced to close boutiques due to Spanish Civil War
1937 moved to Paris to begin again
August 1937 first fashion show
HOW HAS BALENCIAGA
INFLUENCED FASHION?
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Known for haute couture
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Praised for his ability to be “a sculptor for shape”
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Master of stark and sleek lines; A symmetrical dresses
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Tailored clothes perfectly to women’s bodies, yet altered to create slightly wider shoulders & slightly thinner
waists
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Created & known for tunic dress, baby doll dress containing lace shift, square coats, transparent rain coats,
ankle length ball gowns and more
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Experimented with fabrics and did all detail himself (did not use printed fabrics)
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One of the first to use water proof fabric
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Layered fabrics to improve appearance rather than the idea of “hiding” a body
WHAT
HISTORICAL/CULTURAL/SOCIA
L EVENTS INFLUENCED
BALENCIAGA?
• Balenciaga inspired by Torres family
and trip to Paris to pursue Haute
Couture
• Consistently designed for royalty and
celebrities
• Alive during and dealt firsthand with
consequences of war, instilling a
harshness of lines in clothing
• 1950’s were an era of change
• Inspired by artwork of Zurbarían
1998 SPRING COLLECTION
2010 SPRING COLLECTION
2017 SPRING COLLECTION
2001 FALL COLLECTION
2010 FALL COLLECTION
2016 FALL COLLECTION
CONSISTENT STYLE
CHARACTERISTICS
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Desire to push boundaries
Uniqueness
Versatile fabrics
Juxtaposition within a single piece
Bold lines, puffs, structures
Appropriate use of color
Setting trends
WHAT DO OTHER DESIGNERS HAVE
TO SAY ABOUT BALENCIAGA?
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Elsa Schiaparelli said, “Balenciaga was the only couturier who dared to do what he
wanted.”
Christian Dior called him “the master of us all.”
Hubert de Givenchy said, “There’s Balenciaga, and the good Lord.”
Coco Chanel referred to him as “a couturier in the truest sense of the word… The
others are simply fashion designers.”
“A couturier must be an architect
for design, a sculptor for shape, a
painter for color, a musician for
harmony, and a philosopher for
temperance.”
~Cristóbal Balenciaga~
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