Meaning of Balenciaga | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname from Basque, denoting origin or inhabitation in the Valencia region of Spain.
2. A product of the Balenciaga brand, especially shoes or a handbag.
3. A luxury fashion house founded in 1919 by Cristóbal Balenciaga, based in Spain and France.

Examples

“On Saturday night a dinner was held for Nicolas Ghesquiere of Balenciaga beneath Tiepolo’s hallucinatory and superpopulated ceiling at the Palazzo Clerici.”

“Balenciaga's couture openings are not gala affairs packed with friends, but tense performances where everyone concentrates madly and in silence to take in the fast-paced show.”

“Mona Bismarck took eighty-eight numbers in 1963, fairly typical except for the year when many of her clothes were in a train wreck and she ordered one hundred fifty Balenciagas all at once.”

“Cigarettes and tiny liquor bottles / Just what you’d expect inside her new Balenciaga”

“I like those Balenciagas (Those) / The ones that look like socks”

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