#315 Balenciaga
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Of all the creative people I've come across, Balenciaga was easily the most dedicated to the business of making beautiful things. His work absorbed him totally. And there was no room in his life for anything. Or anyone else? When the cultural revolution of the nineteen sixties
made it impossible, as he saw it, To produce work of the highest quality. He retired and quickly of a broken heart. Among the masters of Parisian fashion, Balenciaga was the greatest. Indeed, many would rate him the most original and creative couturier in history.
And he was a true couturier, not just a designer. That is, he could design. Cut. So Fit.
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