Modern Balenciaga

In 1997, French born Nicolas Ghesquière was named the Creative Director of Balcenciaga. His Spring 2006 ready-to-wear collection aimed to fuse two apparently contradictory ideas together of "architecture and embellishment, sharpness and ornamentalism." The collection collaborated Balenciaga's past and present while making refernce to Crisobal's bubble dresses. It uses heavy radzimir, embossed silk with sharp tailoring and patchwork dresses. Like Cristobal's influence of the Spanish Renaissance in his early designs, Ghesquière calls this collection his "baroque rock star" and is evidently inspired by the elaborate patterns and details of the Baroque style.