Cristóbal Balenciaga’s never-before-seen drawings inspire the new NFT collection through a collaboration between Cointelegraph, Art Consulting, Artvein, Animal Concerts, Defy Trends and Crypto.com NFT.
Lorenzo Riva, the artist director of the luxury fashion brand Balenciaga during the 1980s, launched a much anticipated Cristóbal Balenciaga: To the Moon nonfungible token (NFT) collection on July 21 in collaboration with Cointelegraph. The NFT collection comprises 8,300 original, never-before-seen designs from Cristóbal Balenciaga himself.
Cristóbal had humble beginnings as a local tailor’s apprentice and eventually rose to prominence in the fashion industry as a pioneer of novel garment shapes. These fashions, such as the sack dress and the cocoon coat, changed the course of women’s fashion in the 1950s.
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During the 1980s, Lorenzo Riva served as the artistic director of Balenciaga and received the original designs created by Cristóbal. Cointelegraph created the art collection and collaborated with Art Vein, a fine art NFT platform, Animal Concerts, a metaverse entertainment company, and Crypto.com NFT to bring this fashionable digital NFT collection to life.
There are a total of 10,000 unique pieces of fashion history up for grabs, and the team has doubled down on rewards and gifts to make it a memorable experience. NFT minters would be eligible for designer gear, gift cards to high-end designer brands and even drawings by Cristóbal that are 70 years old.
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The project team has highlighted 50 unique and one-of-a-kind haute couture Balenciaga NFTs, which are the rarest in the collection. These rare NFTs offer high-end redeemable and unparalleled functionality. For example, the following video of Lorenzo talking about the drawings will be given away as redeemable.
Discover the rare Balenciaga-inspired NFTs and learn more about the collection here.