Cristobal Balenciaga was a famous Spanish fashion designer born in 1895 in Guetaria, Spain. He opened shops in Spain but moved to Paris when the Spanish Civil War started. Balenciaga was considered the most famous Spanish couturier in history and designed dresses and other clothing, making him very successful as an entrepreneur in the fashion industry.

1. CRISTOBAL BALENCIAGA

2. Cristobal Balenciaga
Eizagirre was born in
Guetaria, on 21st
January 1895 and he
died in Alicante, on 23rd
March 1972, at the age
of 77 years.
He was a very famous
fashion designer and he
was the most famous
Spanish couturier of the
history. He was also an
entrepeneur.

3. ● Balenciaga's father
was a fisherman and
his mother was a
seamstress.
● He was born in a
catholic family.
● When he was young,
he wanted to be a
couturier and in his
free time, he painted ● Balenciaga when he
designs. was 16

4. ● In 1919, he opened a
shop in Donostia and
some years later, in
Madrid and Barcelona
too.
● When the Civil War
started, he closed his
shops and he went to
live to Paris.
● His shop in Donosti

5. ● He designed a lot of
dresses and here are
some of them: