Balenciaga’s Exhibition: Go Inside The V&A’S Major Summer Fashion Showcase

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The show’s curator Cassie Davies-Strodder takes us through the legacy of Cristóbal Balenciaga. Check out more below:

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“Not only did Cristóbal Balenciaga have a strong vision, but he knew how to construct clothes – something not a lot of couturiers did at the time. They would have just sent off a sketch and other people would have made it for him or her – Cristóbal wasn’t like that. It was precisely this that made him so revered among designers like Chanel and Dior.”

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