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Cristóbal Balenciaga
Cristóbal Balenciaga Eizaguirre was a Spanish fashion designer, and the founder of the Balenciaga clothing brand. He had a reputation as a couturier of uncompromising standards and was referred to as "the master of us all" by Christian Dior and as "the only couturier in the truest sense of the word" by Coco Chanel, who continued, "The others are simply fashion designers". On the day of his death,…
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business · Spanish fashion designer (1895–1972) · designer · businessperson · fashion designer · dressmaker · also Cristóbal Balenciaga, Balenciaga, Cristobal Balenciaga, Cristobal Balenciaga Eizaguirre
Born 21 January 1895 · Died 23 March 1972 · Q381088
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1973· 1 entry
"The World of Balenciaga", which exhibited for six months, with 180 models on display
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1972· 4 entries
Died 1972-03-23.
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Accepted the job of designing a gown for the wedding of Carmen Martínez-Bordiú, the daughter of one of his most important clients, Carmen Franco y Polo, and hence, the granddaughter of dictator Francisco Franco
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Balenciaga collaborated artistically with two Spanish prêt-à-porter companies, though without investing any financial resources
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Women's Wear Daily ran the headline "The King is Dead"
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1968· 3 entries
To Paris Match magazine and in 1971 to Prudence Glynn for the newspaper The Times
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At the age of 74 after working in Paris for thirty years
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Did not signify the extinction of "Balenciaga’s brand"
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1960· 1 entry
Made the wedding dress for Fabiola de Mora y Aragón when she married King Baudouin of Belgium
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1959· 1 entry
His work culminated in the Empire line, with high-waisted dresses and coats cut like kimono
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1958· 2 entries
With his babydoll model: inspired in children clothing, the dress left in flotation without pressure to the figure and with total freedom of movement to the user"
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The French government awarded Balenciaga the Legion of Honour in the rank of a Knight (Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur) in recognition of his services to the fashion industry
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1955· 1 entry
Designed the tunic dress, which later developed into the chemise dress of 1957
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1951· 1 entry
Totally transformed the silhouette, broadening the shoulders and removing the waist
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1948· 2 entries
Balenciaga was so broken he considered closing the business
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When d'Attainville died in 1948, Balenciaga was so broken he considered closing the business.
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1919· 1 entry
Which expanded to include branches in Madrid and Barcelona
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1895· 1 entry
Born 1895-01-21.
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