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+ Haute Couture meets Art and Science Fiction +

For me fashion is a way of expresing myself as a painter expresses himself through his paintings. We sew instead of painting, but it’s the same. It’s art. As a movies and art lover, my designs are highly influenced by them.

I graduated from Audiovisual Communication in 2008, and this june, I graduated from Fashion Design at Istituto Europeo di Design at Madrid. While I was studying Communication I worked as a costume designer and production assistant in several audiovisual productions. On summer 2010 I also spent a short training period at “Yonotaola”.

On 2009-2010 course I won the school’s best collection diplomas for my two collections, and last year I received an Honourable Mention for my final project. With this project, I have been finalist for contests as ModaFad, Who’s Next and Special K. I have also been published in Anormalmag.cl and in Little Black Dress (A & C Black Publishers Ltd), a book from Isabel Sanchez published in five different languages. This september I was included in VOGUE ITALY TALENTS supplement as one of the 180 emergent talents of 2011.