Balenciaga in Bilbao

floral top- Bershka ( summer sales 2010), belt- Zara, bag- Longchamp, shoes and ring- random stores

Remember my promise more than a week ago about visiting Bilbao to see the original works of Cristóbal Balenciaga in the Museum of Fine Arts? Well, I´ve  finally fulfilled it today ( Sunday). The hubz invited me there and I had an amazing time inspectioning the dresses and coats in the collection. Too bad picture taking wasn´t allowed and so this is the only thing I´m showing you:

Gosh, I mean really gosh! The collection was so elegant and well-preserved! It´s a 35 -piece collection of haute couture from the 1950s to the late 1960s loaned by the Regional Basque Gov´t and the Cristóbal Balenciaga Foundation. Highlights for me are the 1950s sequined cocktail dress,a silk wedding gown with veil, another cocktail dress embroidered  with green and gold threading and adorned with green precious stones, two 1960s dresses with ikat ( the rage nowadays) floral prints, a lace dress in gray and my favorite of all a white dress in guipore (a type of lace design/edging, I think). The coats  and capes are reminiscent of today, which means that what we´re having right now are designs which date back to more than half a century!

You can see an older collection (1920s/30s ) of his works inside the textile and arts museum at the Palace of Pedralbes(in Barcelona). Since I was able to visit that too and photo taking was allowed, you can see some pictures here.  But don´t just leave this page yet. ;)

Anyway, after the oohs and aahhs as I stop by one dress after another (with the hubz following me stoically in the background,hahahha!) we passed by Guggenheim to take picture of my favorite stuffed puppy. Stuffed because he´s literally stuffed/planted with lots pretty flowers! He´s so colorful  and so HUGE, noh? ;)

blazer- thrifted

I´ve been to Bilbao a lot of times but I only stayed downstairs. Uptairs is another story. Below is a birds eye view of the city from the top of the Artxanda hill.
Trivia: That river over there is where the opening scene of the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough was filmed.

We went uphill riding the funicular. While going to the funicular station, the hubz was already grumbling that I walk too slow and so at the end of the trip I was already wearing flats. lol! The Longchamp is a feet saver! ;)

Goofy ME! I look really weird with my tongue out. The hubz told me later that I stole his favorite pose. hahaha!

So how was your weekend, my fashionistas?

Hugs for now,

Che :)

PS: To see a bigger version of the photos( except those with my face because my eyebags are on the loose), just click on them. :)