Velasquez” Cristobal Balenciaga, 1939 The Metropolitan Museum of Art | Fashion, 1930 fashion, Vintage dresses
Balenciaga's Emblematic Women - ICON-ICON
Post War Rise of Haute Couture: 1930-50's - FASHION INSIDERS
Museum at FIT - The roots of the New Look actually began in the late 1930s, around the time Balenciaga opened his Parisian couture house in 1937. He, like all leading fashion