“He was the master of us all,” said Christian Dior about the legendary Spanish designer Cristóbal Balenciaga. According to fashion editor Diana Vreeland, he “brought the style of Spain into the lives of everyone who wore his designs.” Balenciaga constantly referenced Spanish culture and art history, reviving historical techniques and styles – and reinterpreting them into such masterfully modern creations that his contemporaries bowed down in awe.
