{"id":16814,"date":"2017-08-13T16:25:53","date_gmt":"2017-08-13T14:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icon-vrai.loc\/2017\/08\/13\/kimono-sleeves-balenciagas-emblematic-obsession\/"},"modified":"2020-10-21T00:07:42","modified_gmt":"2020-10-20T22:07:42","slug":"kimono-sleeves-balenciagas-emblematic-obsession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icon-icon.com\/en\/kimono-sleeves-balenciagas-emblematic-obsession\/","title":{"rendered":"Kimono Sleeves, Balenciaga\u2019s Emblematic Obsession"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Crist\u00f3bal Balenciaga liked more than anything to work with <a href=\"http:\/\/icon-vrai.loc\/fr\/mode-et-accessoires\/pret-porter\/la-dentelle-letoffe-phare-de-balenciaga\">lace<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/icon-vrai.loc\/fr\/mode-et-accessoires\/le-noir-balenciaga-le-secret-du-chic\">black<\/a>, red, and white as references to the art and culture of his Spanish homeland. Influenced by Goya and Zuloaga paintings, fascinated by the attire of Spanish religious figures, Balenciaga also turned to Asia to dress up iconic women of his time. Miren Arzallus in his reference work&nbsp;<i>Crist\u00f3bal Balenciaga: La forge du Ma\u00eetre&nbsp;<\/i>wrote: \u201cBalenciaga had knowledge of the progression of Japonism during his stay in San Sebastian and the impact that this had on the first decades of the 20th century. This influence would have a spectacular influence on his own creations.\u201d But this stylist was first and foremost an autodidact couturier, ambidextrous and attached to the composition of clothing as well as the precision of cuts. His competence as a tailor would soon unite with his ability to build and deconstruct sleeves until he was able to grasp the smallest details. This is how Crist\u00f3bal Balenciaga became a couturier able to apprehend the liberty in a piece\u2019s construction. With his experimentation with sleeves, he undoubtedly was focused on some of the most ancestral sleeves in human history: kimono sleeves.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u201cBalenciaga began his research on volumes and proportions with the \u2018kimono sleeve\u2019, which he used for the first time in 1939. The influence of Japan was both subtle and constant.\u201d This is how&nbsp;<i>Vogue On Crist\u00f3bal Balenciaga&nbsp;<\/i>puts it. Crist\u00f3bal Balenciaga borrowed the originality of his lines from Asia as well &#8211; soon, <a href=\"http:\/\/icon-vrai.loc\/fr\/node\/4473\">kimono<\/a> sleeves would be accompanied by silhouettes with such a simple appearance that they seemed disconnected from the laws of gravity. Like a sample taster of minimalism, Balenciaga\u2019s couture often freed the neck and the wrists to highlight jewelry and the movement of the hands. It\u2019s said that he got this taste for Japanese clothing from Madeleine Vionnet, who was also very interested in kimonos. In the 50s and 60s, Crist\u00f3bal Balenciaga laid the foundations for a number of his most innovative designs. In 1962, he introduced pleats in fabric and reinvented the female silhouette &#8211; goodbye straight lines! This couturier of couturiers stretched the center of gravity of the garment out to the shoulders. The direct inspiration is the Kabuki coat.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">For him, sleeves had to adhere to the body &#8211; they had to be its natural elongation, falling back down in solemn silence. Balenciaga understood his kimono sleeves with a flexibility allowing for free movements that wouldn\u2019t modify the rest of the silhouette in any way. Nicolas Ghesqui\u00e8re was able to take up where the founder left off in 1997. Each year, he would rerelease one of the label\u2019s cornerstone pieces. The kimono sleeves made a comeback on the runway in 2006 during his famed Spring\/Summer collection. Worked in a combo with lace, another of Balenciaga\u2019s signatures, the kimono sleeves attained a wild level of desirability when the French designer executed with absolute mastery. The sleeves took on lace which, in a whirlwind of materials, highlighted and followed the slightest curves of the body. In 2007, Ghesqui\u00e8re brought Irina Lazareanu down the runway with a celestially light bolero that played with transparency, another of the founder\u2019s favorites, topped off by crazily sensual sleeves.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crist\u00f3bal Balenciaga liked more than anything to work with lace, black, red, and white as references to the art and culture of his Spanish homeland. Influenced by Goya and Zuloaga paintings, fascinated by the attire of Spanish religious figures, Balenciaga also turned to Asia to dress up iconic women of his time. 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