Cristóbal Balenciaga, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Cristóbal Balenciaga

Spanish fashion designer

Date of Birth: 21-Jan-1895

Place of Birth: Getaria, Basque Country, Spain

Date of Death: 23-Mar-1972

Profession: businessperson, fashion designer, designer

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Cristóbal Balenciaga Eizaguirre (pronounced [k?is'toßal ßalen'?ja?a ej?a'?ire]; 21 January 1895 – 23 March 1972) 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".
He continues to be revered as the supreme deity of the European salons.
On the day of his death, in 1972, Women's Wear Daily ran the headline "The king is dead" (no one in the fashion world had any doubt as to whom it referred). Since 2011 the purpose built Museo Balenciaga has exhibited examples of his work in his birth town Getaria.
Many of the 1,200 pieces in the collection were supplied by his pupil Hubert de Givenchy and clients such as Grace Kelly.