false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180547567m/1053911.jpg 1053911 1 <div>Born in 1895 in a remote fishing village in Spain, Cristóbal Balenciaga learned sewing and tailoring at his mother&#8217;s knee. By 1937, the talented and persistent young man had opened his own design salon in Paris, and in the years following World War II he emerged as a designer to be reckoned with in the world of <i>haute couture</i>. The House of Balenciaga grew to serve an international clientele from locations in Paris, Madrid, and Barcelona, and from 1937 to its closing in 1968 created some of the most outstanding and innovative examples of French and Spanish haute couture of the era.<br>This beautifully illustrated book presents nearly 70 Balenciaga creations for day and evening, along with 25 hats, from the extraordinary archives of the Texas Fashion Collection of the University of North Texas. The book also includes striking fashion photographs from <i>Vogue</i> magazine and <i>Harper&#8217;s Bazaar</i> by Richard Avedon and Louise Dahl-Wolfe. A series of essays explores many aspects of the designer&#8217;s work, among them his contributions to fashion history; connections with such other prominent designers as Hubert de Givenchy and Oscar de la Renta; important relationships with Neiman Marcus and fashion buyer Bert de Winter in Dallas; and his close friend and client Claudia Heard de Osborne.</div> 1040400 24 12 2006 Balenciaga and His Legacy: Haute Couture from the Texas Fashion Collection total:4|5:3|3:1| 4 18 10 0 0 0 false false Sun Nov 29 20:16:09 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 29 20:16:09 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Jan 25 23:38:28 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 23:38:28 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Sun Sep 28 10:28:12 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 28 10:28:12 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Wed Sep 17 12:28:11 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 17 12:28:11 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Wed Sep 17 08:31:51 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 17 08:31:51 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Mon Sep 15 16:23:16 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 15 16:23:16 -0700 2008 5 0 true false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Jul 01 18:46:15 -0700 2008 Tue Dec 02 03:22:31 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Mon Apr 14 12:26:18 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 14 12:26:18 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sat Feb 09 12:12:14 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 09 12:12:14 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Tue May 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 26 14:55:09 -0700 2007 Tue May 05 18:55:40 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1053911