Balenciaga – CASSIDY ZACHARY

Re-Fashioning Balenciaga: Armani Privé Spring 2015 Couture

January 31, 2015 by Cassidy Zachary

Living in a post-modern fashion era, hardly anything we see in fashion collections is truly new. In fashion, almost everything is re-made. That is the case with the dress, featured at left, by designer Giorgio Armani. Created for his Spring 2015 Armani Privé couture collection, the designer makes reference–intentionally or not– to a dress by the … Continue reading Re-Fashioning Balenciaga: Armani Privé Spring 2015 Couture

Born on this day in fashion: Christian Dior and Cristobal Balenciaga, Part II

January 21, 2015January 22, 2015 by Christine Zhu

If Cristobal Balenciaga were still alive today, he would have turned the formidable age of 119. His house, which had its first Paris fashion show in August 1937 and thrives today under the tutelage of American designer, Alexander Wang, is seventy-six years old. Seventy-six years. In three quarters of a century, fashion has been shaken by revolutions, quakes, resurgences, it’s … Continue reading Born on this day in fashion: Christian Dior and Cristobal Balenciaga, Part II