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Balenciaga, Cristóbal
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01/01/1970
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(kr st ´bäl bäl nthyä´gä) (KEY) , 1895–1972, French fashion designer. He established houses of couture in Spain and in Paris (1937–68) and quickly became couturier to Europe’s royalty and aristocracy. He was noted for his huge evening coats with dolman sleeves; long, full skirts; tunic and chemise dresses; fitted dressmaker suits; pillbox hats; perfumes; scarves; the seven-eighths coat; and for the development of the fabric gazar, a heavy-sized silk. An exhibition of his work was held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1973, and another at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, in 1986.
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