Balenciaga is a high-end style residence established in Spain by Cristóbal Balenciaga, a developer born in Guetaria, Spain. The brand name is now had by the French multinational company Kering. Balenciaga had an online reputation as a couturier of uncompromising standards and also was described as "the master of us all" by Christian Dior. His bubble skirts as well as weird, womanly, yet "modernistic shapes" became the hallmarks of the house.