{"id":158442,"date":"2018-05-29T12:31:31","date_gmt":"2018-05-29T10:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/magazine.theblondesalad.com\/?p=158442"},"modified":"2018-10-12T11:52:34","modified_gmt":"2018-10-12T11:52:34","slug":"balenciaga-history-designers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theblondesalad.com\/en\/fashion\/balenciaga-history-designers\/","title":{"rendered":"How to create an iconic brand – Volume 1: Balenciaga"},"content":{"rendered":"

If there’s a brand that is so good creating new trends and dictate them on the entire fashion industry, that is\u00a0Balenciaga<\/strong>. We’re not talking about these last few years:\u00a0you just need to read its history to understand how it has always been a cool brand. Thanks to 3 great designers that made it one of the most successful luxury maison ever:\u00a0Cristobal Balenciaga<\/strong>, the visionary founder; Nicolas Ghesqui\u00e8re<\/strong>, the man who made it cool again;\u00a0Demna Gvasalia<\/strong>, the creative director that since 2016 is ruling the fashion world. Take a seat,\u00a0The Blonde Salad <\/strong>is going to tell you Balenciaga history through its 3 iconic designers!<\/p>\n

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Cristobal Balenciaga,\u00a0the master of couture<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Only Balenciaga is a real couturier”. Who said these words? Well,\u00a0Coco Chanel<\/strong>! She was sure about it because Balenciaga, before being a designer, was a tailor. Cristobal, born in Getaria (Spain) in 1895, inherited this skill from his mother, who worked in a fashion atelier, and turned it into its best excellence, that will make him one of the most iconic designer of all time. With its first atelier founded in 1915 in San Sebastian and with the opening, in 1937, of its maison in Paris, in\u00a0Avenue Georges V, Balenciaga soon became one of the most beloved couturier by elite clients, such as\u00a0Jackie Kennedy, Ava Gardner\u00a0and Ingrid Bergman.<\/p>\n\n\t\t