![Image of Suit Designed By Cristóbal Balenciaga (1885-1972), Spanish Fashion Designer. Paris, February 1947. Full Credit: Boris Lipnitzki / Roger-Viollet / Granger -- All Rights Reserved. From Granger - Historical Picture Archive Image of Suit Designed By Cristóbal Balenciaga (1885-1972), Spanish Fashion Designer. Paris, February 1947. Full Credit: Boris Lipnitzki / Roger-Viollet / Granger -- All Rights Reserved. From Granger - Historical Picture Archive](https://www.granger.com/wmpix/woh/mis/0684933-Suit-designed-by-Cristobal-Balenciaga-1885-1972-Spanish-fashion-designer-Paris-February-1947-Full-credit-Boris-Lipnitzki--Roger-Viollet--Granger----All-rights-reserved.jpg)
Image of Suit Designed By Cristóbal Balenciaga (1885-1972), Spanish Fashion Designer. Paris, February 1947. Full Credit: Boris Lipnitzki / Roger-Viollet / Granger -- All Rights Reserved. From Granger - Historical Picture Archive
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
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