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Cristobal Balenciaga

Cristobal Balenciaga

Couture — historical

, Spain

The story

Dior called him 'the master of us all' — a Basque tailor who cut cloth like an architect and freed the female form from the body it was draped on. Mastered architectural construction and volume, sculpting garments that stood away from the body in revolutionary silhouettes.

Their craft

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