Clothing brand · France

Balenciaga

Basque fashion house that innovates from haute couture to streetwear.

Founding, year 1917

Themes: innovation, avant-garde, art, eccentricity.

All of France in the Atlas

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The origin

What the date says

Milestone
Founding
What happened
Cristóbal Balenciaga, son of a Basque fisherman, opened his first atelier in San Sebastián in 1917 before triumphing in Paris.
Year
1917
Source
Historical documentation
Note
Founded in 1917 by Cristóbal Balenciaga in San Sebastián.

Only the year is documented: if it falls between January 21 and February 21, the sign could be the previous one.

Keep in mind

Affinity is a symbolic reading from the Chinese zodiac tradition, not a measurement: it compares the sign of the year you were born with that of each entry's year of origin.