Balenciaga

Balenciaga is a brand with an incredible reputation and convoluted history. By the will of fate, he ceased to exist after the death of his creator, but rose like a phoenix from the ashes, under the direction of the "second Christobal" - Nicolas Gesquiere after a few dozen years.

Cristobal Balenciaga

Cristobal Balenciaga - a simple boy originally from the Basque Country, who had a very difficult dream - to create beauty. Ever since childhood it became clear that this child's thinking is completely unconventional - he sees the most banal things in other colors and not otherwise than from a different angle than ordinary people do. In addition to such a vivid distinctive feature as the courage to go beyond, a small Cristobal possessed a quality that was absolutely indispensable to be called a genius - industriousness. Clearly framed desire, as well as assiduity and love for his work became for him a voucher to the world of Big Fashion.

Thus, at the age of 16, he opened his first atelier haute couture. In view of the fact that Cristobal Balenciaga used expensive fabrics and exquisite sketches, he did not risk the release of the prĂȘt-a-porter line, confining himself to expensive custom-made outfits. Despite this, he never complained about the lack of customers, because in his small universe of haute couture, not someone - but all the cream of the Spanish society dressed. In addition to a huge number of aristocrats, the whole royal family was among the clients of Balenciaga. A good achievement for a teenager, is not it?

But suddenly the war broke out and turned the world of beautiful things of Cristobal. In 1930, he had to abandon his favorite studio and go to Paris - to meet new adventures and achievements.

The city of Dreams has become an important stage in the life and work of the designer, because the neighborhood with such great designers as Dior and Zhevanshi served as a good motivation for his further professional growth.

Balenciaga, apparently, was a revolutionary in the soul. For every appearance of the new fashionable trend, he made a worthy "counterattack", creating another genuinely genius thing. For example, Dior New Look, styled by the female silhouette in the form of an hourglass, inspired the resentment of Cristobal Balenciaga. In response, he created women's suits with wide shoulders, a dress in the style of baby-dol and with a light movement of the hand turned a man's shirt into a woman's dress. All this, of course, turned the fashion world upside down.

Some time after his fashion revolution, Cristobal Balenciaga retired, and lived his old age away from cloth, sewing machines, sketches and fashion shows. But this brand was not destined to sink into oblivion, and in 25 years Jacques Bogart SA acquired the rights to produce a line of Baleciaga ready-to-wear.

Balenciaga handbags

Clothing, footwear, accessories from the brand Baleciaga are very popular with Hollywood stars. But, probably, there is no thing that is more popular than a motorcycle bag from Baleciaga.

These accessories are incredibly convenient, capacious and, importantly, made of the best materials. Naomi Watts, Peris Hilton, Kristen Stewart - all these women have long been fans of soup from Balenciaga.

Collection of Balenciaga

A new collection from Balenciaga pleases fans with clothes in the style of the good old inventor Cristobal. Exact shapes, wide shoulders, rectangular silhouettes, a strict color scale takes the viewer in the 50's - at the very first Parisian fashion show. Apparently, the new creative director ideally felt the essence of the brand, making the collection of 2013 as if Cristobal Balenciaga himself participated in its creation.