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

Image by Victoria & Museum

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

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Image by Victoria & Museum

“His biggest contribution was the way in which he changed the shape of clothes – the tulip-shape skirts, curved raglan sleeves, voluminous shapes that freed women from the traditional hour-glass styles. He was the first to do the shift dress, a piece that we all own today but at the time was reviled by the press, because they thought it was shocking and too different.”

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