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Cristobal Balenciaga
Fashion DesignerAbout
Spanish Basque fashion designer who founded the Balenciaga fashion house and made the wedding dress for Fabiola de Mora y Aragon when she married king Baudouin I of Belgium in 1960.
Before Fame
He was trained as a tailor when he was a young boy in Madrid and later opened his first boutique in Spain in 1919.
Trivia
- He worked as a teacher of fashion design classes and inspired other designers such as Mila Schon and Andre Courreges.
Family Life
His mother worked as a seamstress and encouraged him to learn tailoring.
Associated With
Alexander Wang worked as a director for his Balenciaga fashion house.
Quotes
"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."
Cristobal Balenciaga
"Elegance is elimination."
Cristobal Balenciaga
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