"These belong on "World's Dumbest Inventions" on E!." What occurs when you ask yourself, "What if shoes were too cool to actually cover your feet?" is what Balenciaga's The Zero is all about.

There are also glimpses of Balenciaga tweaking models' attire in his atelier before presentations. The Swiss-born Tom Kublin divided his professional life between Zurich and Paris after World War II.