Balenciaga handbags and hobos

 

1918 saw the founding of Cristobal Balenciaga’s first haute couture house in San Sébastian, Spain. Local admiration for his designs was so strong that a second haute couture house was opened in Madrid and a third in Barcelona. In 1937, 10, Avenue George V became the Parisian home of Cristobal Balenciaga’s creative influence. Balenciaga’s Paris flagship store is still located at this address.

 

In 2001, Gucci Group, in partnership with Nicolas Ghesquière as creative director, acquired the House of Balenciaga, now  well on its way towards recreating the influence and respect that the house commanded in its former heydays. Today, the House of Balenciaga creates women’s and men’s ready-to-wear, shoes, handbags and accessories, sold worldwide.

 

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