BALENCIAGA SKIRT

BALENCIAGA BY CRISTOBAL FROM LE DIX STORE

RED LACE AND HIGH WAISTED BAND 

FR36 

TRACED BY TURN

CRISTOBAL BALENCIAGA HAS BEEN NAMED "THE LACE MAGICIAN". LACE WAS TRADITIONALLY ONLY USED FOR ORNAMENTATION BUT CRISTOBAL SHIFTED THE USE OF LACE AS A FABRIC IN THE 60s. THIS SKIRT IS A TESTIMONY OF JUST THAT, ENTIRELY IN LACE. THE COLOR RED HAS ITS OWN SYMBOLIC IN THE DESIGNERS LIFE AS HE GOT INSPIRED BY THE FLAMBOYANT RED IN FRANCISCO GOYA'S PAINTINGS (‘CARDINAL LUIS MARIA DE BORBON Y VALLABRIGA’ CIRCA 1800). INDEED, LATER DIANA VREELAND SAID “ABOUT THE BEST RED IS TO COPY THE COLOR OF A CHILD’S CAP IN ANY RENAISSANCE PORTRAIT”.