Mr. Balenciaga, Designer

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The simplest facts can arouse everyone's interest in the fashion industry.

In 1958, John B. Fairchild said about women's wear designers.

The main reason is that the design company does not publicize policies.

From refusing to help customers to try on clothes, and to hide every series of works before the media, this "master" is often called a mysterious person.

Even those close to him are controversial about his age.

However, John Fairchild has scoop up the scoop.

Fairchild describes in detail the internal operation of the Balenciaga stylish hut, to the Paris restaurant frequented by the mysterious designer.

According to him, Balenciaga's business could be as big as the fashion giant Dior.

If he wants to.

However, compared to 1000 employees of Dior, he only employed 400 people, and he kept the number on purpose.

Moreover, Balenciaga regularly refuses some orders to ensure the quality of his design.

"The most important task of a designer is to make a beautiful and elegant skirt."

Balenciaga says.

He spent a lot of time in Paris, mostly in his Avenue Marceau apartment, contrary to the taste of modernism in his costume design, and the room was decorated as a "Haute Epoque" style in eighteenth Century.

Balenciaga often patronize some simple restaurants, and the "Chez Allard" on the left bank is one of them.

There, he often ordered a "Poulet a la cr me (cream baked chicken)".

When he was not in Paris, people occasionally found him in Reinerie, which was Louis's fifteen castle near Orlean.

He will also appear in San Sebastian, Spain, or swim in Switzerland - Sankt Moritz, Davos and Rosa - these are his favorite.

Own place.

He needs to relax.

According to one of his employees, he is "a typical perfectionist, which makes him nervous."

Indeed, Bianca Gilchrist, a friend of Balenciaga, told Fairchild: "he saw me wearing the clothes he designed, he would take off for me, and then began to improve it carefully."

Fairchild has also convinced readers that Balenciaga does not consider itself a genius or a great Spaniard.

However, he is one of the few who can accurately describe his ideas.

One of the designers, because of his talent and his strict pursuit of details, is indeed a great talent for many people.