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Balenciaga and Spain and San Francisco
“Balenciaga and Spain” has opened in San Francisco’s de Young Museum. The exhibit features 120 haute couture garments, hats, and headdresses designed by Cristóbal Balenciaga (1895–1972) and illuminates his references to Spanish art, bullfighting, dance, regional costume, and the pageantry of the royal court and religious ceremonies. The exhibition originated in 2010 at the Queen Sofía Spanish Institute in New York. It was conceived by Oscar de la Renta, who began his career in fashion working at Balenciaga’s Madrid couture house in the 1950s. De la Renta invited Hamish Bowles, European editor-at-large of Vogue, to curate it, and Bowles included many pieces from his personal collection.
Neiman Marcus is a lead sponsor of the de Young exhibition, which runs through July 4.
Hamish Bowles and Christine Suppes at Neiman Marcus San Francisco
See who attended the opening gala:
