Interesting facts about the company:
– The 1950s are known as the "Balenciaga era."
– Members of royal families became clients, and Cristobal created custom gowns for Queen Maria Cristina and Infanta Isabella Alfonsa.
– He had a reputation as a couturier with uncompromising standards and was called by Christian Dior "the master of us all" and "the only true couturier."
