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Design House House of Balenciaga French
Designer Cristobal Balenciaga Spanish
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Developing from his watershed 1952 unwaisted suit, Balenciaga added a belted martingale to articulate a fullness at the back. The martingale tunic without its skirt became the chemise, and later the sack of the late 1950s.
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