so perhaps Balenciaga saw him as a protégé. In the beginning, he took my father to museums to have a look at [Francisco] Goya to get a feeling for how clothes were depicted [in his art] and how ...

Statement Pieces” marks the prestigious museum’s first foray into fashion, with a sprawling exhibition dedicated to the relationship between designers and art.

Here, on the second level of Balenciaga’s new London flagship store, the crack has been deftly carved and then filled in with putty-coloured resin. It is a meticulous, 92cm-long character in a ...