History of Balenciaga

The History of Balenciaga

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Summary of Cristóbal Balenciaga

Balenciaga was founded by Cristóbal Balenciaga who was born on January 21, 1895, in Getaria, Spain. His dad died when he was very young so he was very close to his mother who worked as a seamstress. Working alongside his mother, he quickly gained an appreciation for the art of design. He didn't intend to have a career in the fashion industry until his mother was invited to be a personal seamstress for a person of nobility status known as Marquesa De Casa Torres. Marquesa was fond of a piece that Balenciaga made and offered him an apprenticeship in tailoring. Leading to him opening his first boutique in San Sebastián, Spain in 1919.

His boutique was a couture boutique meaning that he only makes customized one of one garmets such as dresses.

Balenciaga's First Boutique

He opened a boutique in San Sebastián in 1919, which expanded to include branches in Madrid and Barcelona. SInce Marquesa De Casa Torres made Balenciaga a tailor, The Spanish royal family and the aristocracy wore his designs, but when the Spanish Civil War forced him to close his stores.

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3. 1968

Balenciaga announced his retirement and made it clear that the house of Balenciaga would be closed forever.

1: Courture House

Balenciaga moved to Paris where he opened his Paris couture house on Avenue George V in August 1937.

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Balenciaga had introduced many new dresses such as the baby doll dress. It changed the entire fahion game across the globe even making Dior say "Haute couture is like an orchestra for which only balenciaga is the cinsucter. the rest of us are just musicians following the directions he gives us"

4. 1972

Just four years after closing down the house of Balenciaga and retiring, Cristóbal Balenciaga passed away.

Haute couture is like an orchestra for which only balenciaga is the cinsucter. The rest of us are just musicians following the directions he gives us.

- Christian Dior

The New Age of Balenciaga

After Baleenciaga's death, a ton of new creative directors took over Balenciaga over the years trying to revive and innovate what Cristóbal has created. Some have failed like Michel Goma and Josephus Thimister, and some succeeded like Nicolas Ghesquière and Demna Gvasalia.

2013-2015

1992-1997

3.Nicolas Ghesquière

1. Michel Gomas

Nicolas saved blew everyone out of the water in the first few months of him being the new creative directer making some classic pieces like the gladiator boots and the city bag. in pursuit of new opportunities he ended up leaving Balenciaga in 2012.

Michel Gomas relaunched Balenciaga in 1987 but got criticized for abandoning Balenciaga's identity and failed to build upon Cristóbal's design language. He was replaces 5 years later by Josephus Thimister.

2. Josephus Thimister

4. Alexander Wang

Josephus Thimister was very pasionae and excited about being the new creative director of Balenciaga. It turns out he was too excited that he ended up hosting a runway show where he played extremely loud music that caused a lot of people to walk out of the event. He was fired later on because of this.

For some reasons not explained in July of 2015, Balenciaga announced that they had mutually agreed to part ways despite Alexander's strong start and presentation of six collections.

1997-2012

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Demna Gvasalia

Demna is probably the most well-known creative director due to his many famous designs and fashion statements. He was born in the European country Georgia in 1981. He fled to Germany at a young age to escape the civil war just like Cristobal in 1936. Demna worked in the Marzella archive which made him into the designer he is today. He became the creative director of Balenciaga in 2015 to the present day.

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3. Rip-off campaign logo

1.The speed trainers

In 2017 Demna wanted to make both a fashion statment and a social statment by proving that anyone will buy the clothing soley because of the brand name. He decided to rip off a 2016 presidential campaign logo to do so and it turns out he was right.

Made in 2016 these shoes became an absolute sensation in the fashion industry a year later. So many people wanted to get a pair of the speed trainers that some people started making fake ones to either sell or wear.

4. Made Donda Merch

2.Balenciaga triple S

In 2022 Demna designed a merch line for Knaye West's album Donda. Ever since then Kanye West has been wearing Balenciaga everyday for the next few months.

These shoes were made in 2017 with the inspiration of Marzella for the top half while the bottom half came with Demna combing three of Balensiaga's iconic sole designs into one for the bottom half.

Timeline

1972

2013

2017

1919

1992

1937

1987

1997

2015

2022

Trends

Conclusion

• Triple s shoes
• Rip-off campaign logo

• Lafanta dress
• Baby doll dress
• Gladiator boots
• City bag
• Speed trainers

Balenciaga is a staple of the fashion industry and has made many trends and statements since it started and continues to do so even today.

"May the bridges I burn light the way."

- Vetements

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