installed in the noble living rooms of the Palace of Library and National Museums in Madrid. In his birthplace, a foundation was established with the objective of creating a museum dedicated to his big name. After numerous problems and the avoided judicial process about alleged inconsistencies in its management, The Balenciaga Museum finally opened in Getaria on June 10, 2011. The museum has 1200 pieces, although only one part displays simultaneously. The works are displayed on invisible mannequins. His friend, the sculptor Eduardo Chillida, made a sculpture-tribute called Homage to Balenciaga. The city, San Sebastián, also pays homage with a promenade, that is situated in the neighborhood of Igueldo, where Balenciaga had a house. Presence in Museums The Balenciaga Museum, open to the public in Getaria, has a collection of 1200 pieces. The Museum of Textile and Clothing of Disseny Hub Barcelona has an extensive collection of Balenciaga dresses and accessories (especially hats). The Madrid Garment Museum also has a fashion collection that includes Balenciaga dresses. Within these exhibitions and pieces, people can find, like seen in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, "sculptural silhouettes that the forms of architecture drink from, in the geometric lines of their patterns and also in the set with the volumes that allowed to go without saying as far as unthinkable in 1958, with his babydoll model: inspired in children clothing, the dress left in flotation without pressure to the figure and with total freedom of movement to the user". References Bibliography Alzugaray, Juan José. “Cristóbal Balenciaga Eizaguirre.” Vascos Relevantes Del Siglo XX, Ediciones Encuentro, 2004, p. 63. ARZALLUZ, Miren, Cristóbal Balenciaga, la forja del maestro (1895-1936), San Sebastián, Diputación Foral de Guipúzcoa y Nerea, 2010. Azurmendi, Nerea. “El Museo Se Viste De Diario.” El Diario Vasco, 2011, www.diariovasco.com/20110611/mas-actualidad/cultura/balenciaga-abre-puertas-getaria-201106111016.html?ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.diariovasco.com%2F20110611%2Fmas-actualidad%2Fcultura%2Fbalenciaga-abre-puertas-getaria-201106111016.html. BOWLES, H., "Balenciaga and Spain", Nueva York, Rizzoli, 2010. Bowles, Hamish. “Shaping Fashion: Vogue’s Hamish Bowles Explores a Buzzed-About Balenciaga Exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum.” Vogue, 2017, www.vogue.com/article/hamish-bowles-balenciaga-exhibition-victoria-and-albert-museum. Charleston, Beth Duncuff, "Cristobal Balenciaga (1895-1972)". Timeline of Art History. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2004. “Cristóbal Balenciaga.” Cristóbal Balenciaga Museoa, www.cristobalbalenciagamuseoa.com/descubre/cristobal-balenciaga/. Cristóbal Balenciaga Museoa, www.cristobalbalenciagamuseoa.com/. De La Torriente, Eugenia. “Balenciaga Vuelve Al Mar.” El País, 2011, elpais.com/diario/2011/06/02/cultura/1306965605_850215.html. De La Torriente, Eugenia. “La Geometría Estética De Balenciaga Vuelve a Casa.” El País, 11 May 2010, elpais.com/diario/2010/05/11/cultura/1273528802_850215.html. El País (11 de mayo de 2010): «La geometría estética de Balenciaga vuelve a casa», consultado 26 de mayo