An exhibition at Fondazione Sozzani
From May 17-29, 2022, the Sozzani Foundation presents ‘Cristóbal Balenciaga: The Glamorous 1950s,’ the essential unpublished collection of more than eight thousand drawings by Cristóbal Balenciaga. Cristóbal Balenciaga (Getaria, January 21, 1895 – Jávea, March 23, 1972) was one of fashion’s greatest couturiers, who knew how to design the feminine, freeing it from the tortures of corsets and forging masterful shapes and volumes. Each drawing contains the seed of an idea that made an era dream, and leads behind the scenes of a legendary atelier where Balenciaga created the clothes that made fashion history. Lorenzo Riva, who presents the exhibition on May 16, was the artistic director of Maison Balenciaga from 1980-to 1981, and retained a significant set of Cristóbal Balenciaga’s original designs.
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The collection, curated by Art Consulting, is extensive and reveals the birth of Balenciaga’s iconic lines and designs. Its more than eight thousand drawings offer a valuable observatory to learn about the designer’s creative process in the 1950-58 period. In that period, Balenciaga paved the way for Hubert de Givenchy, who considered him his master, and in the 1960s for André Courrèges and Emanuel Ungaro. On display, there will be 30 original Cristóbal Balenciaga drawings from the collection, from which Cointelegraph and Crypto.com drew inspiration to make 25,000 NFTs. To honor the great couturier, the launch of the Cristóbal Balenciaga NFT collection will take place on May 25. To the Moon, the collection, includes 25,000 NFTs, with varying degrees of rarity, from common to rare, to even super rare. The collection of NFTs will be distributed in the mystery box format. Some of the designs on display will be associated with the NFTs as redeemable. The NFTs are created by Cointelegraph and Crypto.com in collaboration with Lorenzo Riva, ArtConsulting.net, and Artvein.net, while Animal Concerts and Defy Trends are the strategic partners for the launch. Fondazionesozzani.it
Cristòbal Balenciaga: The Glamorous 1950s
Fondazione Sozzani
May 17th-29th, 2022
