Balenciaga
Balenciaga SA (/bəˌlɛnsiˈɑːɡə/ bə-LEN-see-AH-gə[1]) is a luxury fashion house founded in 1919 by the Spanish couturier Cristóbal Balenciaga in San Sebastián, Spain. Balenciaga produces ready-to-wear footwear, handbags, and accessories, and licenses its name and branding to Coty for fragrances.[2] It is currently owned by the French corporation Kering.
For the surname, see Balenciaga (surname).Company type
- Balenciaga y Compañía
- EISA, S.A.
San Sebastián, Spain, 1919
Worldwide
- Cédric Charbit (chief executive officer)
- Demna Gvasalia (creative director)
- Martina Tiefenthaler (chief creative officer)
- Ludivine Pont (chief marketing officer)
1,325 (2019)
In popular culture[edit]
In the 1997 film For Richer or Poorer, Tim Allen's character accidentally sets a Balenciaga dress on fire. He tries laughing at it, rhetorically asking, "What the hell's a Balenciaga?"
On January 29, 2014, the character Myrtle Snow cries "Balenciaga!" as her dying words on the season finale of FX television show American Horror Story: Coven.[59][60]
Film director Paul Thomas Anderson was inspired to make Phantom Thread when he became interested in the fashion industry after reading about designer Cristóbal Balenciaga.[61]
Balenciaga collaborated with The Simpsons to create a short film for Paris Fashion Week in 2021.[62]
In 2022, American rapper and pop singer Lizzo referenced Balenciaga in her number one hit “About Damn Time,” singing “Feeling fussy, walkin' in my Balenci-ussies".
In 2022, singer Beyoncé released Renaissance. Her song "Break My Soul The Queen’s Remix" tracked with Madonna’s “Vogue” references “House of Balenciaga”.[63]
Balenciaga is referred to in the opening scene of Triangle of Sadness (Ruben Östlund, 2022), where a reporter tells models to "look Balenciaga", that is, to have a look of contempt.