Συντάκτης: Pegky Dokou

‘Fashion isn’t what it used to be,” a journalist purrs at a couturier outside the funeral of Coco Chanel in the opening minutes of Disney+’s latest biographical series. And in the case of the couturier in question, Cristóbal Balenciaga, it really isn’t. Balenciaga was one of the most ingenious and influential figures in fashion, whom Chanel called “a couturier in the truest sense of the word. The others are simply fashion designers.” He had a devotion to craft that led him to be regarded as “The Master” of fashion, despite operating in the tumultuous mid-century. Fast forward to today, however,…