Balenciaga is a luxury fashion house established in Spain by Cristóbal Balenciaga, a designer born in Guetaria, Spain. The brand is currently possessed by the French multinational firm Kering. Balenciaga had an online reputation as a couturier of uncompromising standards and was described as "the master people all" by Christian Dior. His bubble skirts and also strange, feminine, yet "high-style shapes" ended up being the trademarks of the house.