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Balenciaga
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English
Etymology
From en eu -, from eu Balencia -aga Valencia place of 1. Compare eu Zubiaga.
Pronunciation
en /bəˌlɛnsiˈɑːɡə/
Proper noun
en Basque, denoting origin or inhabitation in the Valencia region of Spain.
en June 28, 2007 Guy Trebay Looking Like a Billion Bucks New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/28/fashion/shows/28MILAN.html On Saturday night a dinner was held for Nicolas Ghesquiere of Balenciaga beneath Tiepolo’s hallucinatory and superpopulated ceiling at the Palazzo Clerici. https://web.archive.org/web/20221202162703/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/28/fashion/shows/28MILAN.html 2 December 2022
A luxury fashion house founded in 1919 by Cristóbal Balenciaga, based in Spain and France.
en 1960 Bettina Ballard In My Fashion Balenciagas 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.
Noun
A product of the Balenciaga brand, especially shoes or a handbag.
en 2013-02-05 w:Mary Blume The Master of Us All: Balenciaga, His Workrooms, His World Macmillan 9781466836068 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.
en 2015-07-10 Halsey (singer) Halsey; Larzz Principato; DJ Kalkutta Kalkutta; w:James Mtume Halsey w:New Americana Badlands (Halsey album) Badlands Cigarettes and tiny liquor bottles / Just what you’d expect inside her new Balenciaga
en I Like It (Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin song) I Like It I like those Balenciagas (Those) / The ones that look like socks 2018 w:Cardi B; et al. Cardi B (with J Balvin and Bad Bunny) Invasion of Privacy (album) Invasion of Privacy