Will you be attending Balenciaga and Spain?

On Saturday, March 26th, the de Young Museum opens BALENCIAGA AND SPAIN, an exhibition curated by Hamish Bowles, European editor at large of Vogue, and masterminded by the talented Oscar de la Renta whom started his career at Balenciaga in Madrid. Bowles will present his collection that has been worn by some of Europe's elite.



Balenciaga who died in 1972 with the headlines reading "The King Has Died" has been coined the "The Picasso of Fashion".  He was born in 1895 in a medieval fishing town in Guetaria on the Basque region of Spain. Balenciaga was only eleven when his father died.



The de Young exhibit explores the influence on the designer of Spain’s culture, history and traditions in six sections: art, regional dress, the court, religious live and ceremony, bullfight and dance.



Where: de Young Museum, 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco



When: Opens Saturday; 9:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. Tuesdays-Sundays and until 8:45 p.m. Fridays; closed Mondays; closes July 4



Tickets: $15 to $25


Contact: (415) 750-3600, http://www.tickets.famsf.org/