Balenciaga: Shaping Fashion

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The book features selections from the recently opened Balenciaga Museum in Getaria, Spain, with each garment photographed from multiple angles so you can really see and appreciate the details of construction and craftsmanship. Haute couture from the '40s through '60s is heart-stoppingly beautiful, and Cristobal Balenciaga's may be the most beautiful of all. His work consists of the most elegant, perfect tailoring you'll see anywhere. The other couturiers of his time were in awe of him. Coco Chanel called him "the only true couturier among us" and Christian Dior referred to him as "the master of us all." That's criminal!' Chocolate fan divides opinion with controversial list dividing UK confectionery into tiers - but do YOU think he got it right? There are no connections whatsoever between Balenciaga and Borremans... none of the suggestions are factual,' Robin Meason, Balenciaga's global PR director, told DailyMail.com. Fuelled by misinformation and unsubstantiated rumours, it was a night of shame for Ireland. So what made Dublin, one of the most welcoming cities on Earth, explode in anti-migrant violence? In a statement on Monday, the brand apologized for the bears campaign again, and took full responsibility of it.

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Oscar de la Renta, Spring Summer 2015 ready-to-wear, look 37. Photograph courtesy of Catwalking.com

This was a wrong choice by Balenciaga, combined with our failure in assessing and validating images. The responsibility for this lies with Balenciaga alone,' it said. Best served cold! Fast-food boss gets ultimate revenge on food critics... by naming his new BURGERS after them Danny Cipriani's wife Victoria feels like she has been 'knifed in the heart' over pictures of him looking cosy with Strictly dancer Jowita Przystal at training session for Christmas special The series is titled Fire From The Sun and shows young children with blood-soaked skin and some castrated Those images showed young child models holding the bears - which are in fact fluffy handbags - posing around glassware.Balenciaga said all the items in the shoot “were provided by third parties that confirmed in writing that these props were fake office documents. They turned out to be real legal papers most likely coming from the filming of a television drama.” Kim Kardashian, its prolific ambassador who is friends with creative director Demna Gvasalia, said she was 'disgusted' with the imagery and was 're-evaluating' her relationship with the brand. They would like us to believe that Demna is the all-seeing god-like genius who personally makes every creative decision in the house... yet, when a campaign gets rightly cancelled, those outside collaborators are suddenly to blame.

Just another coincidence? Photos from scrapped Balenciaga campaign feature book by artist whose works include castrated toddlers... after bondage teddy bears fiasco and hidden child porn docs The mystery of missing 'French Madeleine McCann': Estelle Mouzin disappeared aged nine on her way to school amid fears she was snatched by 'Ogre of Ardennes' killer... but her body has never been foundAll the items included in this shooting were provided by third parties that confirmed in writing that these props were fake office documents. The question Oscar Pistorius REFUSED to answer: Private conversation between Reeva Steenkamp's father and Paralympian killer can finally be revealed... as he's freed after 10 years Haute Couture is like an orchestra, whose conductor is Balenciaga. We other couturiers are the musicians and we follow the direction he gives.– Christian Dior But the fashion house claims another controversial prop that made its way onto the set - a printout of a SCOTUS ruling on child porn - was the fault of design production company North Six. In the filing, Balenciaga's lawyers blame the studio - which it has used multiple times in the past - for the controversy, making no mention of the bears controversy from earlier in the week.