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Synopsis
“Balenciaga is fashion’s Picasso.”—Cecil Beaton
More than three decades after his death, the Spanish couturier Cristobal Balenciaga (1895–1972) has become a legendary figure in the history of 20th-century fashion. His name is now synonymous with clothes made to the highest standards and characterized by their sculptural quality, deft manipulation of textiles, and dramatic use of color. This absorbing new book, with breathtaking illustrations, examines Balenciaga’s design and business and places him firmly in the context of the time and country in which he learned his trade—and the international fashion scene in which he subsequently matured and triumphed.
This stunning book is published to accompany The Golden Age of Couture, a major exhibition opening at the V&A in September 2007.
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About the Author
Lesley Ellis Miller is Senior Curator of Textiles in the Furniture, Textiles and Fashion Department at the V&A.
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- PublisherBatsford Ltd
- Publication date1993
- ISBN 10 0713466766
- ISBN 13 9780713466768
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages95
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Balenciaga: Shaping Fashion book by Lesley Ellis Miller Textiles
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Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. Images are beautiful bright and vivid. Very slight tan to page edges. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book. About the book >.>.> Crist?bal Balenciaga Eisaguirre (1895-1972) is perhaps the best- known Spanish fashion designer of the twentieth century, and his career has been outlined in many books and articles. It is thus common knowledge that his life comprised three phases. Between 1895 and 1935-6 he lived in Spain, training as a tailor in San Sebastian and Madrid and setting up his own dressmaking establishments in these cities; in 1937, he made his mark on Paris by opening the House of Balenciaga, which he ran for the next thirty-one years; and from 1968 he lived in retirement until his death in 1972 at the age of seventy-seven. The bald facts are clear and simple, but there is a dearth of material on his preoccupations and views, and on the motivating forces behind his very successful career. Balenciaga's own obsession with privacy - a most unusual obsession in the annals of a profession renowned for its proclama- tions, exaggerations and love of self-publicity. Seller Inventory # Batch-FM297-VG-7478
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