Cristobal Balenciaga revolutionized the fashion world of the 1950s by establishing his celebrated fusion of freedom and the avant garde. Today, Balenciaga’s sculptural style lives on through the designs of Nicolas Ghesquière. His designs are always interspersed with a touch of architecture, a faint whiff of geometry and lashings of artistic direction. Ghesquière has hauled the Balenciaga brand into the 21st century and has enabled in it a confidence to mark the future of fashion.