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The 'couturier of the couturiers', Cristobal Balenciaga, was originally Spanish. His mother was a tailor and Balenciaga started to interest himself at a very early age for needlework. In 1913, Balenciaga starts working for the royal Spanish studio in San Sebastiàn in Northern Spain. In 1919, he opens his own fashion house in San Sebastiàn and clothes the Spanish royal family. The opening of further fashion houses follow in Madrid in 1933 and in Barcelona in 1935. The Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) forced him to flee to Paris
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Fashion for women
