Balenciaga and Spain Symposium (Live Webcast) March 26, 2011

March 26, 1:00pm - 4:00pm PDT

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About The Balenciaga and Spain Symposium: Four of the world's leading costume scholars will present papers at a symposium organized by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco to explore the influence of Spanish art, culture and history on the career of haute couturier Cristobal Balenciaga on Saturday, March 26, 2011. The half day symposium in the Koret Auditorium opens the exhibition Balenciaga and Spain at the de Young Museum, which features 120 garments and millinery from museums and private collections, many of which have not been publicly exhibited in decades.

The Presenters are: Hamish Bowles will present Balenciaga and Spain and examine the exhibition's thesis and elucidate how Cristobal Balenciaga's nostalgia for his Spanish homeland inspired the garments and millinery in the exhibition's six sections: Spanish art, dance, regional costume, bullfighting, the royal court and religious life and ceremony.

Bowles, a noted fashion journalist, is the European editor at large for the American edition of Vogue. A graduate of the Saint Martin's School of Art and Design, Bowles worked as a fashion editor and style director for Harpers and Queen from 1984 until 1992. He joined Vogue in 1992. Bowles is author and co-author of several books including Vogue Living: Houses, Gardens, People; Philip Treacy: When I Met Isabella; and Carolina Herrera: Portrait of a Fashion Icon. He also served as curator for the landmark exhibition Jacqueline Kennedy: The White House Years.

Miren Arzalluz will present Cristobal Balenciaga: the Making of the Master (1895-1936) and describe the early portion of Balenciaga's career focusing on his life and work in Spain prior to his departure for Paris in 1937 as viewed through the lens of Spain's turbulent political environment.

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