Balenciaga

The elegance of the hat

Author/s: Sílvia Ventosa, Igor Uría and Andrew Stacey
Collection: Art in the city
Subcollection: Museu del Disseny – Disseny Hub Barcelona

Between the 1940s and 1960s, the hats of Cristóbal Balenciaga, one of Spain’s most internationally renowned designers, triumphed on the haute couture catwalks and strolled the streets of the world’s fashion capitals with elegance and style. And now you can find them all together, ready to be discovered and enjoyed in this book created in honour of the first exhibition dedicated specifically to Balenciaga’s hats, held at the Barcelona Design Museum. The book features pieces and outfits created in Balenciaga’s hat departments in Paris and Madrid from the end of the 1930s until his fashion houses closed in 1968. In the pages of the book you’ll discover the simplicity and elegance that is characteristic of all Balenciaga designs, and you'll come to appreciate the quality and beauty of the materials used and the technical skill involved in making these unique creations. Each one of the eighty-seven hats that appear in the book are sure to impress.

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