Balenciaga One Seam Wedding Dress

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Balenciaga one seam wedding dress. The headpiece s shape and volume were inspired by the hats used by spanish fishermen and designed to replace the traditional bridal lace veil. Cristóbal balenciaga wedding dress 1967. One of the most dramatic pieces in the show is the so called one seam wedding dress made by balenciaga in 1967 with phantom threads near the end of his career. Here we see his spectral figures in flight presented in hushed solemnity representing the antithesis of christian dior s exuberantly graceful shows with their serious attitude imbuing the designer s own taciturn character and ascetic work ethic.

One example his illusion waist dresses that play with proportions instead of accentuating the waist. Single seam wedding dress by cristóbal balenciaga 1967. The masterpiece is held together by one single seam. There is no.

He had a reputation as a couturier of uncompromising standards and was referred to as the master of us all by christian dior and as the only couturier in the truest sense of the word by. See more ideas about balenciaga fashion design fashion. A year before cristóbal balenciaga s final collection he introduced his single seam wedding dress in 1967. A small projected montage of several salon shows.

Balenciaga was a master of technique and construction having trained in tailoring since the tender age of 12. His famous wedding gown held together by a single seam is the most compelling testament to that fact he also had a natural affinity for fabrics especially silk gazar his own textile creation the way michelangelo had with. Last minute wedding dress. But there is one garment that truly moved me the reason i wrote this love letter to balenciaga and it is the wedding dress he created in 1967.

21 january 1895 23 march 1972 was a spanish fashion designer and the founder of the balenciaga fashion house. The wedding collection hornsea. Full story on facebook balenciaga. With just one seam the dress suggests it was born.

Each dress has a 2 5cm in seam for minor size alterations. Jun 1 2020 explore p8fashion s board designer.