Balenciaga's legacy: when Spanish art met Swiss silk - SWI swissinfo.ch
Interpretations of Influence: Cristobal Balenciaga - The Cutting Class
Balenciaga evening dress and cape from 1965 made of a thick silk fabric with a stiff finish, named Gazar, specially created for Balenciaga by the textile firm Abraham of Switzerland. V&A Museum :
Gazar, the haute couture fabric invented for Cristobal Balenciaga - ALL-I-C