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...later paid his way to Madrid for formal training. By 1919 Balenciaga had his own couture salons in San Sebastian, Barcelona and Madrid, but the Spanish Civil War forced him to decamp to Paris. It was there that he showed some of fashion's most influential silhouettes, including the cocoon coat, the chemise and the baby-doll dress. His presentations were held a full month after other Paris houses', but that didn't deter devoted clients like Wallis Simpson, Princess Grace and Babe Paley. They were devastated when Balenciaga closed his house in 1968. But the legacy of his architectural...
...couture runways were littered with hints of Balenciaga's innovative cuts and use of volume. At Dior, the exaggerated shape of a horsehair skirt echoed his penchant for stiff fabrics. At Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld kicked in a fuchsia cocoon coat--an iconic Balenciaga look. Even couture newcomer Giorgio Armani, who began showing in Paris only three seasons ago, referenced the designer with a stunningly simple A-line evening dress...
...Many of the visitors say, 'Oh, I would like to wear that now,'" says Pamela Golbin, curator of the exhibition along with Nicolas Ghesquière, the current designer for the reinvigorated label Balenciaga. The 170 dresses and suits, including Balenciaga's sack dress, his semifitted suit and that cocoon coat, were culled from private collections and museums as far away as Kyoto, Japan...
...Poll by 3-1 Margin, Undergraduates Say They Don’t Want Summers To Resign,†news, Feb. 21). Forcing Dr. Summers out is a powerful illustration of how diversity of thought is not tolerated on the left and especially not within the cocoon that engulfs the Harvard Faculty. Even though I share some of the shame that taints Harvard today, I do grant that at least the Faculty has delivered (albeit unintentionally) one vivid history lesson to Dr. Summers—he now has first-hand knowledge of how Galileo must have felt...
When he emerged from his spiritual cocoon, Matisyahu was bursting with cross-genre musical ideas. He formed a band and fused his love of music with his love...