Balenciaga bags are omnipresent on the streets. It is the only way celebrities carry their A-list invitations. (see Salma and Katie). But there is so much more to the brand.
Cristobal Balenciaga was called "fashion's Picasso" by famed photographer Cecil Beaton. That may be one of the worst ways to describe a man whose classic elegant style is by no way abstract.
Beaton must have meant that Balenciaga is a master in fashion, as Picasso was to cubism.
Balenciaga's mastery will be celebrated from November 2010 to February 2011 in New York when the Queen Sofia Spanish Institute will host the first in-depth exhibition of his work.
The exhibit will feature masterpieces such as his 1939 "Infanta" gown..
...and the 1957 wedding dress of Sonsoles Diez de Rivera as well as 60 other of his gorgeous works. See you there.
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