An in-depth look at the heritage of 10 – 12 avenue George V, the House’s Paris birthplace, details the history behind and continuing legacy of the iconic addresses with a 3D-scanned tour of their renovated interiors. These conjoined spaces were the only place Cristóbal Balenciaga created and showed his Paris collections, and where he lived and worked until the Couture House’s closure in 1968. A renovation project was initiated to restore these rooms with respect to that era of austerity and elegance.
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,1,An exquisite synthetic fur was made into a floor-length dress using Couture techniques traditionally reserved for authentic fur patternmaking. This embroidered faux mink fur patchwork dress involves 674 strips that are cut and assembled in a herringbone form. Finally, the dress is lined in Italian silk satin by hand. The embroidery process and assembly takes 245 hours of handwork.
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,1,An in-depth look at the heritage of 10 – 12 avenue George V, the House’s Paris birthplace, details the history behind and continuing legacy of the iconic addresses with a 3D-scanned tour of their renovated interiors. These conjoined spaces were the only place Cristóbal Balenciaga created and showed his Paris collections, and where he lived and worked until the Couture House’s closure in 1968. A renovation project was initiated to restore these rooms with respect to that era of austerity and elegance.
More on https://www.balenciaga.com/georgev
#Balenciaga