#Balenciaga Infanta creation

[mote-historie]

1939 Carl (Eric) Erickson, Balenciaga Infanta creation (evening dress of pink silk satin and black silk velvet), American Vogue, September 1939.

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[costumesource]

The Tudors 1.02 || Masquerade Costumes by Joan Bergin

Bergin also drew on works by Hans Holbein, the great 16th- century portraitist and the King's official painter - but also drew inspiration from more contemporary sources. The paintings of the French impressionist Degas aided her designs. So too did John Galliano's earliest haute couture collections for Dior and menswear collections under his own label. Balenciaga, the Spanish master-couturier, whose dramatic black, bejewelled gowns referenced the Spanish Infanta and Elizabeth I, and Alexander McQueen also influenced her creations.

Perhaps the strongest contemporary influence came from modern-day rock stars, as Bergin admits. This was particularly valuable when it came to dressing her favourite, Jonathan Rhys Meyers. "One of the things about Jonathan is that he has a presence, like Bono or one of the Rolling Stones, walking into a room. This was the effect I wanted to recapture with Henry, as a rock star of his time, with costumes that would convey that charisma. (via Telegraph)