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Fabrican un único producto, ya sean vestidos, bolsos o quimonos. Y reivindican lo propio: recuperan viejas técnicas artesanales, usan materias orgánicas cultivadas en su región o incorporan amuletos autóctonos a sus diseños. Al calor de esa estrategia nacieron estas cuatro firmas de moda y complementos españolas. Un viaje de lo local a lo global.Quimono, bolso o blusa Apostar todo a una carta Quimono, bolso o blusa Apostar todo a una carta

Andión Clothing: romanticismo desde un pueblo gallego

Años de conversaciones alrededor de la mesa durante las reuniones familiares han dado forma a lo que es hoy Andión Clothing: una firma de moda de estilo romántico y victoriano cuyas blusas cerradas y cargadas de bordados y detalles han cambiado la vida a una madre e hija gallegas.At the beginning of 2020, both came to the conclusion that it was time to give an exit to the sewing workshop that the mother has since 1975 on the lower floor of the family home or, otherwise, this would end up disappearing. Comenzaron con un perfil en Instagram que hoy acumula más de 55.000 seguidores de todo el mundo; cifra que impresiona viniendo de una marca fundada en un pueblo con menos de 5.000 inhabitants near Santiago de Compostela.“Our workers are the ones who have been with my mother all my life.Recently we have hired more people and even collaborate with a cooperative from the City Council of our people, ”says the daughter, highlighting this peculiar phenomenon.

"Andion was my grandfather's last name," he explains.“It's not that the firm is anonymous, but my mother and I are a bit shy.In addition, we want them to criticize or value us for our work and not for how we are, ”he continues.That is why they prefer not to reveal their names.They hope that their cotton and natural linen made with care - the majority of floral print and with airs of the house of the meadow taken to current fashion - speak for them.

Mother and daughter have dedicated her life to the textile industry.“As a child I was doing cross and embroidery while my mother attended her clients at home;Then I studied design in Pontevedra, at Esdemga, and worked for a couple of known firms making point and accessories, ”he explains.Now his garments inspired by the clothes he wore as a girl arrive at any corner of the world.

Its collections are sold in the department stores Selfridges, of the United Kingdom, and multi -brand stores of the United States, Paris or South Korea.However, their day to day is to serve customers through their profile on the social network - while they finish designing their website - and offering a custom service.

Heimat Atlantica: técnicas de ayer al servicio de ideas de hoy

Una ruptura sentimental hizo que Monsterrat Álvarez (A Coruña, 1986) fuera hace cinco años en busca del talismán que más tarde cambiaría su trayectoria profesional: una tradicional cesta portuguesa a la que, para conectarla con sus raíces gallegas, añadió un amuleto de cerámica de Sargadelos.Both elements give meaning to Heimat Atlantica, his signing of bags and accessories.

Quimono, bolso o blusa Apostar todo a una carta

Then he lived in Paris and, after graduating in art history at the University of La Sorbonne."I was happy with my job, but suddenly people stopped me on the street to ask me about the bag I had made," he explains.When the famous designer Philippe Starck asked one equal to his for his wife, his former boss, Ronan said: "You have to do something with this".

After two years of search, he found Celeste, the artisan expert in the traditional Portuguese technique that is used to manufacture the reed bags that characterize the firm, and, after making a good number of models, began to present the bags in events ofFashion in Paris. “Hice 80 y se vendieron todos en una semana. Fue un bombazo”, recuerda.They soon arrived Colette, Le Bon Marché, Galeies Lafayette, Mángesfashion and Barneys, among many other large buyers of luxury products interested in the signing of the Galician and in whose warehouses are now their products are.

Success came soon and left his old job to completely devote himself to the brand, which has produced 4.000 bags in a year and from which projects have emerged with the artisans of Maison Deras - the Chanel accessories and buttons workshop;the firm Commes Des Garçons;the artist Mario Feijóo, of Ceramic da Ulla, and the chef Pepe Vieira.For Montserrat, the project goes beyond selling bags and jewels. “Heimat Atlantica une técnicas tradicionales con ideas contemporáneas para darles cabida en el presente.The important thing is to ensure that this craft does not disappear, but without sting it, because it is part of the collective intelligence of a town ”.

Other Things: quimonos y ‘obis’ versionados desde Barcelona

The fascination with Japanese culture has not stopped growing on each trip to Kyoto that Emilio Lecuona and Cristina Güell have undertaken together.There, the Catalan creative couple became fond of buying original old chimonos who later kept in their bags and restored when they returned to Spain.When the beginning of the pandemic prevented them from traveling they decided to create their own version and call the other things project.

“En primavera sacamos una pequeña colección de aproximadamente 30 prendas inspiradas en los ­quimonos antiguos, pero interpretados por nosotros con mucho respeto”, explica Cristina.“The entire collection starts from three models: long, medium and short.They are made of hand -dyed linen in neutral tones, although we also use viscous and cotton, ”adds Emilio.The modifications in the pattern and the choice of fabrics, of both Spanish and Japanese origin, and colors such as beis and brown turn their chemonos and bishops - the belts that accompany them - into versatile and current garments, designed for almost any occasion, according to how they combine.

His company, Lekuona Studio, located in the Barcelona neighborhood of Gràcia, hosts most of the couple's creative occurrences: from photography and art direction to interior design projects for other firms."That's why we call this project other things, because apart from our work we like many other things that are not included in it," says Güell.

The project is very recent.It doesn't even have a website.“If someone wants to buy a chemon and an OBI, they simply have to call us and go through the study. Estamos en una fase muy inicial”, asegura Lecuona.However, after the success of the first collection, they have great plans for other things.“We would like to make a collection or two a year, a little bigger but not much more, and continue traveling and looking for new fabrics, which is what we like the most.There is nothing like going out out there.Japan is an infinite well of creativity ".

Opere Plumari: el hábito de estar por casa

His long experience as a fashion stylist made, of all those who pass through his hands, Cristina Hernando fell in love with a very specific garment: the Déshabillé, similar to the bed jump and the robe to dress inside the home that inspired Cristóbal Balenciagaand Hubert de Givenchy in the fifties. Con la idea de crear su propia firma de moda varios años rodando por su cabeza, se decidió a fundar Opere Plumari y actualizar esta pieza para “mujeres modernas y elegantes que quieren vestir cómodas dentro de casa sin tener que recurrir al chándal o el pijama”, según explica ella misma.

During the months of confinement he perceived that the offer in clothing to be at home was limited.Then he studied the Déshabillé in depth and found the patterns of what is currently his first collection. Ideó cuatro modelos con nombres de mujer, de estilo “relajado, austero y minimalista”. Cada uno de ellos está disponible en diferentes colores (teñidos a mano) y materiales."Everything is made in Spain.The fabrics, organic cotton, come from Barcelona and the preparation is done in Santiago de Compostela, ”says Hernando.

For this stylist and historian, inspiration can come from different sources, from a painting to the monacal wardrobe. Esto último se ve reflejado en la sencillez y sobriedad de la colección, llegando algunas de sus piezas a asemejarse a una túnica o un hábito.Hence, the name of the brand comes from Latin to make clear that aesthetic connection with the ecclesiastical.His name means “embroidery” and refers to customization through this technique of phrases and initials in the garments he offers to his clients with the help of his friend and sewing specialist Mar Romero.

It has not yet turned a year of life and operates Plumari is already part of the offer of the Spanish multi -brand store is fascinating, in addition to selling internationally through its website.“The firm had a very good response and liked different types of women;They even wear my clothes to go outside, ”she still surprised.“People tell me:‘ But how am I going to use it just at home?Is very pretty!".

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