Fashion designer Cristobal Balenciaga to get biographical television series


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A 2006 file picture showing outfits at a Cristobal Balenciaga museum retrospective. Photo: AFP

A television series depicting the life of groundbreaking Spanish fashion designer Cristobal Balenciaga is in development by ViacomCBS International Studios (VIS).

British director James Kent (Testament Of Youth) is on board to direct and Spain's Frida Torresblanco (Pan's Labyrinth, The Assassination Of Richard Nixon) will serve as executive producer.

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