The trailer for new Disney+ TV drama Cristóbal Balenciaga is a feast of mid-century elegance. The miniseries tells the tale of the Spanish designer and fashion innovator, revered for his dress designs from the 1950s and 60s. His story deserves to be as well known as that of Coco Chanel or Hubert de Givenchy. However, this tale of rags to riches couldn’t be further from the house of Balenciaga today – arguably the most controversial major fashion house of the modern age.
Cristóbal ended his brand in the 1960s but it was revived again in the 1990s.
