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title: "Balenciaga and Spain: Spanish Master Hardcover – 8 Mar. 2011"
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price: "19129 kr"
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# Balenciaga and Spain: Spanish Master Hardcover – 8 Mar. 2011

**Brand:** hamish bowles
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- **What is this?** Balenciaga and Spain: Spanish Master Hardcover – 8 Mar. 2011 by hamish bowles
- **How much does it cost?** 19129 kr with free shipping
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Cultural study of Balenciaga
*by L***R on 28 March 2024*

This is not just a “fashion” book, this is an exceptional book about how culture, history and regional dress influence (high) fashion.Of course it’s for fans of Cristobal Balenciaga, but if you are interested in fashion and culture more generally this will likely still appeal as a coffee table book.To get the obvious out of the way this only covers Cristobal Balenciaga and his work, NOT any later designers for the “house” of Balenciaga.There are 6 main chapters:Spanish ArtRoyal CourtReligious LifeDanceThe BullfightRegional DressEach has an approximately two page incredibly insightful opener detailing the images that follow in the chapter, referencing everything from religious dress of Spain to Spanish customs and art and how they influenced Balenciaga and his work.The images are a mix of clothes of Balenciaga (on mannequins), clothes worn in period fashion shoots and “catwalk”, sketches, and the artist reference point (Spanish paintings, photos of Spanish clergy or people of a particular time etc).I felt I not only learnt a lot about Balenciaga but also about Spanish culture.To note that this book doesn’t only feature modern “exhibition style” photos of the clothing so if that’s mainly what you’re looking for this isn’t the book. It can also be annoying to flick back and forth between the text and the images they reference but given the cross-pollination of things and visually I suppose individual texts on pages might look cluttered (or you have to have multiple smaller pictures on one page to avoid any flicking back and forth) I can see why this decision was made.Hamish Bowles really understands fashion and Balenciaga and this book feels very academic but not at all boring and very readable and accessible.Highly recommended.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A social history and a great designer combined
*by J***H on 8 January 2013*

This is a book that compares Spanish social history with Balenciaga's couture, all printed beautifully. The essays are insightful and the dresses are fantastic. my only complaint is some of the comparisons are a little opportunistic. Other than that well worth a look.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Five Stars
*by N***D on 3 July 2015*

fantastic book

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