Cristóbal was born in 1895 in Getaria, a town in the Basque region of Spain. It’s hard to fact-check the circumstances of his upbringing seeing as they happened over a hundred years ago, but we know that Cristóbal was born into a small Spanish family. His father was a fisherman, and his mother, a seamstress, and they lived happily for a while until his father passed away tragically. This left young Cristobal to be raised by his widowed mother, who struggled to make ends meet...
Chapters:
00:00:00 - A Fashion Prodigy’s Big Opportunity
00:02:08 - The Rise of Cristobal as a Designer
00:04:22 - Cristobal’s Revolution in Women’s Fashion
00:06:37 - Cristobal Balenciaga and His Personal Life
00:08:42 - Cristobal’s Iconic Designs
00:10:49 - Balenciaga: A Journey through Design and Controversy
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