Dress

House of Balenciaga|Nicolas Ghesquière

fall/winter 2002–3 · wool, cotton, synthetic, metal · Costume Institute

French-born designer Nicolas Ghesquière began his career with an internship at Agnès B. at age fourteen. Subsequently, he worked at Jean Paul Gaultier, Thierry Mugler, and Callaghan before accepting a position at Balenciaga at the age of twenty-two. He was appointed creative director of the house in 1997, a position he held until 2012. In 2013 he was named artistic director of women’s fashion at Louis Vuitton. Ghesquière applies his own modern aesthetic and technical ingenuity to the vocabulary of fashion, combining traditional techniques and innovative technologies in his experimentations with fabrics, patterns, and silhouettes.

Artist

House of Balenciaga|Nicolas Ghesquière

Date

fall/winter 2002–3

Medium

wool, cotton, synthetic, metal

Culture

French

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Gift of Balenciaga Archives, Paris, 2012