Cristobal Balenciaga
Cristobal Balenciaga was born in Getaria, Basque Country, Spain on January 21st, 1895 and is the Fashion Designer. At the age of 77, Cristobal Balenciaga biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Museo Balenciaga, the purpose-built Museo Balenciaga, has displayed examples of his work in his birth town Getaria. Hubert de Givenchy's pupil and others, such as Grace Kelly, supplied several of the 1,200 pieces in the set.
Personal life
Balenciaga was gay, but he kept his sexual identity private throughout his life. Franco-Polish millionaire W. A. Jaworowski d'Attainville, who had helped set him up and finance him, was the love of his life and his longtime companion. Balenciaga was so broken he considered closing the company when d'Attainville died in 1948. His new collection after d'Attainville's death was entirely black to mourn his loss.
Life and career
Balenciaga was born in Getaria, province of Gipuzkoa, Spain's Basque Country, on January 21, 1895. His father was a fisherman who died when Cristobal was a child, and his mother was a seamstress. Balenciaga spent time with his mother as she worked. He began working as the apprentice of a tailor at the age of twelve. The Marchioness de Casa Torres, the town's most prominent woman, became his client and patron when he was a boy. She took him to Madrid, where he had been specially trained in tailoring. Balenciaga is one of the few couturiers in fashion history to produce not only the designs that represented the artistry's peak, but also the pattern, cut, and sew the styles.
Balenciaga's early career as a designer in Spain was fruitful. In 1919, he opened a boutique in San Sebastián, which later expanded to include Madrid and Barcelona. The Spanish royal family and the aristocracy wore his designs, but Balenciaga migrated to Paris after the Spanish Civil War ordered him to close his shops. In August 1937, he opened his Paris couture house on Avenue George V.
However, it wasn't until the postwar years that the full extent of his designer's inventiveness was apparent. He completely changed the silhouette in 1951, broadening the shoulders and removing the waist. He created the tunic dress in 1955, which later evolved into the chemise dress of 1957. His work came to an end in 1959, with high-waisted dresses and coats cut like kimono.
When she married King Baudouin I of Belgium in 1960, he made the wedding dress for Fabiola de Mora y Aragón. The Queen later donated her wedding gown to the Cristóbal Balenciaga Foundation. He created several designs for socialite Aline Griffith, diplomat Margarita Salaverra Galárraga, and Meye Allende de Maier, considering them his muses. He taught fashion design classes, inspiring others, including Oscar de la Renta, André Courrèges, Emanuel Ungaro, Mila Schön, and Hubert de Givenchy. In the 1950s and 1960s, his often poor, sculptural creations were considered masterworks of haute couture.
Balenciaga retired at the age of 74 after 30 years of living in Paris. One after the other, he decided to retire and closed his fashion shops in Paris, Barcelona, and Madrid. Balenciaga was born in Xàbia, Spain, on March 23, 1972.
The Balenciaga fashion house is still under Demna Gvasalia's direction and under the Kering group's control.