{"product_id":"balenciaga-kublin-a-fashion-record-9780500026533","title":"Balenciaga - Kublin: A Fashion Record","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first book to document the short yet prolific artistic career of fashion photographer and filmmaker Tom Kublin, and a celebration of his creative union with Cristóbal Balenciaga during the fashion house's postwar heyday in Paris.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore than 140 photographs and film stills by Kublin capture the golden age of Balenciaga couture in the 1950s and 1960s, from the impeccable elegance of the collection shoots--including exclusive film footage of Balenciaga himself at work--to striking covers and editorials for high-profile magazines.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eBalenciaga - Kublin\u003c\/em\u003e begins with a foreword by Maria Kublin and continues with a biography by Ana Balda, charting Kublins career, his place in the artistic milieu of the European avant-garde, and his working relationship with Balenciaga. Miren Vives, head of the Cristóbal Balenciaga Museum, also contributes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdditional texts come from fashion industry professionals who worked with and knew Kublin best: an interview with his partner and muse, the model Katinka Bleeker; memories from the Italian fashion photographer Gian Paolo Barbieri, who began his career as Kublin's assistant in Paris in the 1960s; and a piece by Lydia Slater, editor in chief of \u003cem\u003eHarper's Bazaar\u003c\/em\u003e UK, who looks back on Kublin's work for the magazine at a pivotal time in its history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book honors the successes and innovations of Kublin's career, recording for posterity his contribution to fashion photography and the iconography of the House of Balenciaga.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Thames \u0026 Hudson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50892947226898,"sku":"9780500026533","price":53.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c393ac12-29fc-490c-be13-d26d5417c543.jpg?v=1738213616","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/balenciaga-kublin-a-fashion-record-9780500026533","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}