Cristóbal Balenciaga: 7 works

'Throughout the 1950s Cristóbal Balenciaga (1895-1972) designed a series of extravagant and inventive evening dresses (mainly in fine silk taffeta) that were based on immense drapes and flounces.'

'Evening dress and jacket, womens, silk, designed by Cristobal Balenciaga, Paris, France, 1954 Evening ensemble consisting of a black silk dress and matching jacket.'

'Cristóbal Balenciaga called James "the world's best and only dressmaker," and Christian Dior credited him with inspiring his revolutionary "New Look" collection.'

'Attributed to Cristobal Balenciaga.'

'The Spanish-born couturier, Cristobal Balenciaga (1895-1972) had set up in business there in 1937 in partnership with the hat designer Vladzio d'Attainville.'

'This hat is a perfect example of the dramatic yet minimal sculptural shapes for which the Spanish couturier Cristobal Balenciaga was known. Balenciaga established his eponymous couture house in Paris in 1937 but he already ran three couture houses in Spain under the name of Eisa.'

'Working with the Swiss fabric house, Abraham, he developed a heavily sized silk called gazar, a fabric with weight and body that allowed for such sculptural possibilities. This opera coat, designed in the latter years of Balenciaga's career, is constructed of his signature gazar silk.'