Balenciaga

Some layouts and researches that I have done together with the design process of my Girl character. It is a quite extravagant typeface that was inspired of some of the Spanish fashion houses’ Haute Couture dresses of the fifties and sixties.

It combines the extreme contrast of stems and hairlines in its letters with a more wide but still Renaissance like shape character. It reflects a striking juxtaposition of classic design with highly modern elements.

The lowercase letters of Girl typeface were added only many years later. Other fashion griffes’ researches were done like this one for example.

Credits:
Richard Avedon, Paolo Roversi | Photography