CRISTÓBAL

“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

1895

CRISTÓBAL BALENCIAGA IS BORN IN GETARIA, SPAIN

1917

OPENS AN HAUTE COUTURE HOUSE IN SAN SEBASTIAN, SPAIN

1937

BALENCIAGA OPENS HIS HAUTE COUTURE HOUSE AT 10 GEORGE V IN PARIS, FRANCE AND SHOWS HIS FIRST COLLECTION

MASTERPIECES
  • 1939
    INFANTA LINE
    Photographer George Hoyningen-Huene
  • 1947
    TONNEAU LINE
  • 1947
    BOLERO LINE
  • 1948
    CRACKNYL LINE
  • 1950
    COCOON LINE
  • 1951
    VAREUSE LINE 
  • 1951
    SEMI FITTED LINE
  • 1952
    PARACHUTE LINE
  • 1953
    PUFF SLEEVES AND LOOSE BACKS
  • 1955
    TUNIC DRESS
  • 1957
    PEACOCK LINE
  • 1957
    SAC DRESS
  • 1958
    BABYDOLL DRESS
  • 1959
    AMPHORA DRESS
  • 1961
    COWL BACK
  • 1963
    SARI DRESS
  • 1965
    PETALS DRESS

1968

PRESENTS HIS LAST COLLECTION 

DESIGN PRINCIPLES
  • FABRIC
  • STRUCTURE
  • VOLUME
  • INNOVATION
  • ABSTRACTION
  • COMFORT
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