Cristóbal Balenciaga fitting a muslin toile on a model at his Eisa atelier, Paris, ca. 1960s (photographer unknown)

“Perfection is important. It's the obsession of details.”

— Christobal Balenciaga

Cristóbal Balenciaga at work, 1968, Paris.
Photograph by Henri Cartier-Bresson.
© Henri Cartier-Bresson/Magnum Photos

Cristóbal Balenciaga (right) with his sister Martina Eizaguirre and friends in their Paris salon, photographed by Cecil Beaton, mid-1950s.

Martina Balenciaga Eizaguirre in the middle of the sofa with Cristóbal Balenciaga to her right.
Photo by Cecil Beaton, 1962
© Cecil Beaton Archive / Condé Nast

About the Eisa Collection
Named for Eisa — Cristóbal Balenciaga’s first atelier in San Sebastián — and in tribute to his mother, Martina Eizaguirre, the seamstress who taught him to cut and sew, this collection honors quiet perfection.

This collection celebrates the art of craft: quiet precision, thoughtful structure, and attentiveness in every detail.

Each piece pursues the kind of beauty that endures. It’s the quiet pursuit of something that lasts.