Article: Attempting, again, to honor a native son ; Amid scandal, museum dedicated to Balenciaga gets back on track

Article: A body of sculpture: Cristobal Balenciaga wanted ...
Apollo;  November 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... inessentials: just clothes, pure and simple. Although purportedly dedicated to the Spanish-born couturier Cristobal Balenciaga (1895-1972), 'Balenciaga Paris' is in fact divided between him and his successor Nicolas Ghesquiere ...

Article: The mayor vs the Master ; Cristobal Balenciaga was ...
Evening Standard - London;  September 18, 2009 ;     700+ words ...Cristobal Balenciaga, the Spanish-born couturier known simply as 'the Master', was famous for his discretion. He only gave one interview in the ...

Article: Balenciaga at FIT. (Fashion Institute of Technology, ...
WWD;  September 22, 1986 ;     700+ words ... ... archivist of the House of Balenciaga in Paris, when asked why she flew in from France to help set up FIT's Cristobal Balenciaga retrospective. The show, sponsored by the Educational Foundation for the Fashion Industries, opens tonight ...

Article: At a museum in Lyon: 'Homage to Balenciaga.' (Cristobal ...
WWD;  September 30, 1985 ;     700+ words ... ... the Museum of the History of Textiles) in this silk capital is the first French institution to pay homage to Cristobal Balenciaga, who, from 1937 until 1969, ruled Paris as the couturier of couturiers. Its "Homage to Balanciaga" is the ...

Article: SPANISH STEPS; A NEW FASHION EXHIBITION ILLUSTRATES THE EVOLUTION ...
WWD;  March 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Holly Haber The elaborate, prescient fashions of Cristobal Balenciaga take center stage through May 27 at the Meadows Museum, the Spanish art gallery at Southern Methodist University in Dallas ...

Article: The couture collector: Tatiana Sorokko; this ex-model prefers ...
Harper's Bazaar;  November 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... room, is Sorokko's cherished couture. There, among the jam-packed seven-foot-high racks, hangs the Cristobal Balenciaga gold lame sari dress with Lesage beading from the collection inspired by Jackie Kennedy's trip to India, the ...

Article: What Hubert de Givenchy can teach you about fashion: ten years ...
Harper's Bazaar;  June 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... helped Audrey Hepburn shape her flawless style and who was Cristobal Balenciaga's friend and confidant, is these days. In the 10 ... influenced by her?") But his biggest project by far is the Cristobal Balenciaga Foundation in Getaria, Spain, the small Basque village ...