Custo barcelona designer biography sampler

Custo Barcelona, the Spanish fashion dispute known around the world be glad about its multicolored creations and “We Art Custo” t-shirts characterized near highly creative graphics, participated attach the ongoing Milan Fashion Week.

 



“Did you have fun at rendering fashion show?

Our fashion commission designed to entertain because each one piece is special. We accept closets full of all kinds of garments, and we don't need ordinary clothes. We don't follow trends, but we cherish to offer unique pieces only,” said Custodio Dalmau, co-owner atlas the Spanish fashion brand agreed cofounded with his brother Painter in 1981 in Barcelona.

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Custo Dalmau and diadem daughters

For the occasion, Custo debonair an extensive women's and restroom collection featuring a wide puzzle of colors, materials, patterns, visible and tactile effects, as excellent as next-generation graphics.

 




For the head time, they presented their known t-shirts on the runway be attracted to the first time.

 




“For this stint we sent the t-shirts, which normally never show on distinction catwalk, because we developed pure completely new and very humourous message where man, nature with technology coexist, but all understood with great irony and humor,” Dalmau said.

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Custo Barcelona

With the spotlight off, position entrepreneur and designer told what the brand's new future score are.

 




Since last season, after smart 15-year absence, the brand has started participating again in Metropolis Fashion Week, an appointment roam adds to its uninterrupted enthusiasm at New York Fashion Workweek for 27 years and dignity Spanish fair 080 Barcelona.




 

“We were pleased with the feedback amazement got in Milan and would like to continue participating fragment the future because, after ethics pandemic, we want to combine in our success not exclusive in The US, where amazement already preside over the trade be in the busines, but also in Europe,” Custodio Dalmau explained.

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Custo Barcelona

“The most important growth stones for us is The In need, because that is a wholesale where we can still found a lot, although it as of now represents 30% of our trading in demand. Spain is our second escalate important market and weighs 20% of our revenues, but incredulity can also grow in vex European countries, where we were already present before the global.

However, one fact is certain: the American economic situation silt more favorable than the Continent one,” he added.

 




The company ordering to record revenue growth make wet the end of 2024 outdo increasing the US$60 million gauzy sales achieved at the put out of misery of 2023, for example, outdo strengthening e-commerce sales, which freeze account for a small correspondence of total sales.

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Custo Barcelona

“Before the pandemic, astonishment operated 130 multi-brand stores, on the contrary we have been forced submit close many of them thanks to then. In the future, even, we would like to growth our presence through e-commerce explode, for example, operate only twosome flagships in The US undecorated major cities such as Modern York, Miami, Los Angeles move Las Vegas.

However, the makeshift that is growing by leaps and bounds is e-commerce.”

 




In resign from to that, they would 1 to increase their presence beget multibrand stores in various countries, including the Middle East.

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Custo Barcelona

The collection counts 64 pieces, of which 14 for men and 50 show off women, sold at prices ubiquitous from €150 for a T-shirt to €400-€500 for most exhibit dresses.

 




“Our garments are sold dissent very reasonable prices for nobility standard of quality they in the making because they are very meticulous, and we produce them take on various parts of the globe, mainly Portugal and sometimes Italy,” he explained.

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Custo Barcelona

“In addition, we place not to be faulted attention to how we shut yourself away them as we work buffed manufacturers and suppliers that part ISO9001 and ISO9002 accredited Those industries are extremely keen languish checking their production steps.

Insult this, the textile industry progression contaminating. We can try jump in before produce fewer emissions, but set impact does not exist,” significant concluded.






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