Museum at FIT - Drape a Cape Week: Cristóbal Balenciaga (Happy Birthday!!!) worked with Swiss textile firm Abraham to develop gazar fabric, a “screen-wire-like transparent stiff silk.” Gazar could be molded, enabling
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Cocktail Dress and Cape | LACMA Collections | Balenciaga vintage, Cristóbal balenciaga, Vintage couture
Cristobal Balenciaga (1895–1972) | Essay | The Metropolitan Museum of Art | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
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