Articles by Sandra Bódalo Munuera
Multifaceted design: The challenges of emerging creators at 080 Barcelona Fashion
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From Avec Amour’s María Undo and Daniel de Villanueva tearfully greeting each other at the end of their first catwalk show and Guillermo Justicia's friends, bouquet in-hand, waiting to congratulate him on his debut to Santi Mozas of Compte Spain working until the last minute alongside 404 Studio designer Anaïs Vauxcelles, his close creative...
Fran Marchena, CEO and founder of Spain’s Hoff: ‘Franchises have become a great ally in our expansion’
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Valencia - What started as a fledgling online business in the Spanish province of Alicante - the cradle of the country’s footwear par excellence with the city of Elche as its main representative - has ended up becoming a meteoric company that has closed a turnover of 53 million euros and a 90 million retail price. In less than eight years,...
When the idea becomes reality: academic projects turned into a brand (La Tecnocreativa edition)
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Embarking on an entrepreneurial journey is always a leap into the unknown, but it becomes less daunting when you're confident in what you're doing. This new article in the series ‘When the idea becomes reality’ focuses on the path taken by Spanish fashion designers Alejandro Maillo and Patricia Caro to establish their own brands. Both studied at...
When the idea becomes reality: academic projects turned into a brand (IED Madrid edition)
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Valencia - Studying always involves dreams waiting to be fulfilled. It doesn't matter whether it's a university degree, a master degree or vocational training. They may be more or less realistic, but the last day of class marks the beginning of a student's important new phase in life: entering the professional world. For many students, entering...
When the idea becomes reality: academic projects turned into a brand (Barreira A+D edition)
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Valencia - Fashion has undoubtedly been a very fluctuating - not to say mistreated - industry in terms of education and professionalisation. With the exception of its most literal disciplines -such as design, tailoring or pattern making-, a few decades ago there were hardly any courses (let alone master's degrees) on fashion communication or...
The 5 main messages that the Future of Fashion congress has left us
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Valencia, Spain - For the second time in a row, Future of Fashion has become a laboratory of ideas, reflections and conversations around sustainability in fashion. "Can a company be an activist?" "Is it too late to start changing things?" "What can I do as a consumer?" These and many other questions are among those that were thrown around - and...
IED Madrid celebrates 150th anniversary of Spanish artist and fashion designer Mariano Fortuny
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There are numerous examples of artists or scientists whose work or inventions have played a crucial part in history, but whose names have been forgotten or whose names are actually not known by the vast majority of people. This is also the case for Mariano Fortuny, a Spanish artist for whom the label “multidisciplinary” falls rather short....
How to perfect your e-commerce, according to the experts
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Valencia - One of the clear lessons that this global pandemic has given to the fashion industry is that the digital world should not be underestimated. When confinement became a reality, fashion firms had to act in the only medium they had at their disposal: online. As trend experts Francesca Tur and Berta Segura told us in "Contemporary...
Jeanologia on how to make the denim industry more sustainable
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It can be said that the textile industry is the second most polluting industry in the world and in particular, the production of denim apparel is one of the most polluting of them all, especially in terms of water and chemical consumption. “Currently, five billion pairs of jeans are produced every year. To produce these, about 420 million m3 of...
Senior Designer Alexander Wang: "I am so honoured to work in this area for this brand name"
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Out of the 200,000 Spaniards living abroad, according to data published by the National Statistics Institute (INE), 81,030 chose America as their destination. Amongst this huge amount of Spaniards who decided to immigrate is Isabel Río, senior designer at the New York firm, Alexander Wang. During her recent visit to Madrid, Isabel gave a lecture...