Designer Spotlight: Cristóbal Balenciaga

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Designer Spotlight: Cristóbal Balenciaga
Contributor Names
Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, N.Y.). Museum
Date
2021-01-05
Description
The Museum at FIT presents its Designer Spotlight series where MFIT curators explore objects in our permanent collection that highlight a specific designer's work and contributions to fashion.
Born in Spain, Cristobal Balenciaga (1895-1972) opened his couture house in Paris in 1937. One of fashion's greatest innovators, he radically altered the fashionable silhouette with designs such as the sack dress. He retired in 1968, and in 1997, Nicolas Ghesquière was hired as creative director of Balenciaga. Balenciaga's work is characterized by a strong emphasis on three-dimensional form.
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Moving Image
Subject
Balenciaga, Cristobal, 1895-1972
Fashion designers
Balenciaga (Firm)
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FIT Repository ID: aod_000182

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Fashion Institute of Technology. (2021, January 5). Designer Spotlight: Cristóbal Balenciaga [Video]. Archive on Demand. https://archiveondemand.fitnyc.edu/item/23139
Fashion Institute of Technology. "Designer Spotlight: Cristóbal Balenciaga." Archive on Demand, 5 Jan. 2021, https://archiveondemand.fitnyc.edu/item/23139
Fashion Institute of Technology, "Designer Spotlight: Cristóbal Balenciaga," Archive on Demand, January 5, 2021, video, https://archiveondemand.fitnyc.edu/item/23139