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A surname from Basque, denoting origin or inhabitation in the Valencia region of Spain. quotations examples
On Saturday night a dinner was held for Nicolas Ghesquiere of Balenciaga beneath Tiepolo’s hallucinatory and superpopulated ceiling at the Palazzo Clerici.
2007 June 28, Guy Trebay, “Looking Like a Billion Bucks”, in New York Times
A luxury fashion house founded in 1919 by Cristóbal Balenciaga, based in Spain and France. quotations examples
Balenciaga's 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.
1960, Bettina Ballard, In My Fashion
plural Balenciagas
A product of the Balenciaga brand, especially shoes or a handbag. quotations examples
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.
2013 February 5, Mary Blume, The Master of Us All: Balenciaga, His Workrooms, His World, Macmillan
Cigarettes and tiny liquor bottles / Just what you’d expect inside her new Balenciaga
2015 July 10, Halsey, Larzz Principato, Kalkutta, James Mtume (lyrics and music), “New Americana”, in Badlands, performed by Halsey
I like those Balenciagas (Those) / The ones that look like socks
2018, Cardi B et al. (lyrics and music), “I Like It”, in Invasion of Privacy, performed by Cardi B (with J Balvin and Bad Bunny)