Anyone who knows me knows Balenciaga is my absolute favourite fashion house. In it dwell the designs of two of my favourite designers: Cristobal Balenciaga and Nicolas Ghesquiere.
The house originated in Spain in 1914 but Balenciaga was forced to moved to Paris with the events of the Spanish Civil War. The french fell in love with his designs and soon after his first runway show he was in high demand. Balenciaga was most popular for the way his designs complimented the shape of women's bodies with his babydoll dresses, square coat, spherical balloon jacket, caccoon coat, sack dress and balloon skirt. We also have Balenciaga to thank for the modern popularity of the empire waist-line. He's quite sculptural in his techniques with collar that stand out from the coat and 3/4 sleeves that leave room for a view of a beautiful bracelet.
You can notice some of his influences in the designs of those how have worked with him, most notably: Oscar de la Renta, Hubert de Givenchy, emanuel Ungaro and Andre Courreges.
In 1997 Nicolas Ghesquiere took over the reins and is doing an amazing job. Ghesquiere managed to turn the house around for the better and has given the house it's cool edge back. His designs and innovative and look gorgeous on the body. Above are some of his Fall/ Winter 2009 designs and beolw are a pair of boots that have been out for a while but I could care less I'm still coveting them.
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