List of Famous people with last name Balenciaga

Cristóbal Balenciaga

First Name Cristóbal
Last Name Balenciaga
Born on January 21, 1895
Died on March 23, 1972 (aged 77)

Cristóbal Balenciaga Eizaguirre was a Spanish fashion designer, and the founder of the Balenciaga fashion house. 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 Coco Chanel, who continued, "The others are simply fashion designers". On the day of his death, in 1972, Women's Wear Daily ran the headline "The king is dead".

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