Cristobal Balenciaga
Spanish fashion designer
Born on: January 21, 1895Died on: March 23, 1972
Aged: 77 years 62 days (926 months)
Gender: Male
Nationality: Spain
Birth Sign: Aquarius
Cristóbal Balenciaga Eizaguirre was a Spanish fashion designer, and the founder of the Balenciaga clothing brand. 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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