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Thursday, July 3, 2008

Not only a Spanish designer

Jos� Castro





Jos� Castro is a Spanish designer whose talent is still not consider for many. He is from a little village of the North of Spain, but his atelier is based on Barcelona. He was the first Spanish designer who became a member of the French Association of Couture without living in Paris. I loved his summer collection, pink was everywhere, that pink is named "Castro pink".

He grew up in a little village, and his family had a restaurant where people celebrated weddings and funerals. That dramatic and at the same time emotional childhood is reflected in his collections.


He used to go to the cinema on Tuesdays, the day off for his family. He loved to watch terror films, and he has recognized they still inspired him. He started to study a course for aesthetician and after catering trade, but he didn't finish. After that, he moved to Santiago de Compostela to study design. After it, he won the Smirnoff prize, and then moved to Barcelona to the School of Fashion's Arts and Techniques, where he studied until 1997. After that, he was accepted in the Royal Collage of Arts in London, despite he didn't speak English at all. Now he is designer at Desigual, and also has his own collection.


Spring/summer 2008


Jos� Castro es un dise�ador espa�ol cuyo talento a�n no es considerado por muchos. Naci� en un peque�o pueblo del norte de Espa�a, pero su estudio esta en Barcelona. Ha sido el primer espa�ol que se ha convertido en miembro de la Asociaci�n Francesa de Cultura sin vivir en Francia. Me encanta su colecci�n de verano, hab�a rosa por todos lados, y ese rosa ahora se conoce como "rosa Castro".
Jos� ha crecido en un pueblo muy peque�o, y su familia ten�a un restaurante donde se celebraban desde bodas hasta funerales. Esa infancia, tan dram�tica y emocional a la vez se ve reflejada en sus colecciones. Sol�a ir al cine los martes, el d�a en que descansaba su familia, y le encantaba ver pelis de terror con su padre, lo que le sirve de inspiraci�n para sus colecciones. Comenz� estudiando para esteticista, y luego en la hosteler�a, pero no acab� ninguno de los dos cursos. Luego empez� a estudiar dise�o y confecci�n en una peque�a academia de Santiago de Compostela, y tras ganar el premio Smirnoff se fue a la Escuela de Artes y T�cnicas de Moda de Barcelona, donde estudi� hasta 1997. Luego ingres� en el Royal Collage of Arts de Londres, donde fue aceptado inmediatamente pese a no saber ni gota de ingl�s. Ahora dise�a para Desigual, y tambi�n para su propia marca.






Autumn/winter 2008-2009 - BLUE SKY




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