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Balenciaga: Shaping Fashion
Cristóbal Balenciaga's exquisite craftsmanship and innovative designs shaped modern fashion
Cristóbal Balenciaga's exquisite craftsmanship and innovative designs shaped modern fashion
This exhibition examined the work and legacy of influential Spanish couturier Cristóbal Balenciaga, with over 100 pieces crafted by ‘the master’ of couture, his protégées and contemporary fashion designers working in the same innovative tradition.
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Exhibition highlights
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Silk taffeta evening dress, Cristóbal Balenciaga, 1955, Paris, France
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Cristóbal Balenciaga at work, 1968, Paris. Photograph by Henri Cartier-Bresson. © Henri Cartier-Bresson, Magnum Photos
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Hat, designed by Cristóbal Balenciaga, made for Eisa, 1962, Spain
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Oscar de la Renta, Spring Summer 2015 ready-to-wear, look 37. Photograph courtesy of Catwalking.com
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Evening mini-dress, Paco Rabanne, 1967. Museum no. T.165:1 to 3-1983
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Elise Daniels with street performers, suit by Balenciaga, Le Marais, Paris, August 1948. © The Richard Avedon Foundation
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Cristóbal Balenciaga evening dress, black gazar, 1967. Photograph by Hiro Wakabayashi for Harper's Bazaar
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X-ray photograph of silk taffeta evening dress by Cristóbal Balenciaga, 1955, Paris, France. Photograph by Nick Veasey. © Nick Veasey
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(Detail) Evening dress, designed by Cristóbal Balenciaga, 1960 – 62, Paris, France
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