Pedro Rodriguez dresses captive with more than thirty years ago

'Pedro Rodriguez seam in the closet' is a unique exhibition of his muse Carmen cabinet Ensesa

 

The couturier Pedro Rodriguez has a touch of elegance in the 080 Barcelona Fashion with a collection of twenty dresses, some more than 30 years, this creator died in 1990, contemporary and friend of Balenciaga and one of the great Spanish designers the twentieth century.

The dresses, which are set in the Golden Hall of the Casa Llotja de Mar of Barcelona in the sample 'Pedro Rodriguez seam in the closet', which opened 26 years after his death on January 2, 1990 it is an unprecedented showing of Carmen Ensesa closet, a muse of this great creator who has a collection of over 400 pieces designed by him.

A raging despite years ago that were created (Rodriguez was born in 1895), with any of them could go right now to a cocktail party or a party, something that can not be said of some of the collections today that see this bridge and have a lot of smoke and a lot of spectacle, but less force than had and has this great master of haute couture.

Pedro Rodriguez, along with Cristobal Balenciaga and Manuel Pertegaz, are the representatives of the golden age of Spanish fashion, and their expertise can be seen in the dresses on display, most of them black, and designed for special occasions(prom dresses).

It highlights a silk cocktail dress with back bands, another long black lace with satin and tulle petticoats, carried a velvet bolero; and a long dress of dark blue velvet ceremony.

A real gem is a long green silk knit dress with embroidered rhinestones and as a very iconic piece, a long chiffon dress with cape and belt. It is also delicious a black wool coat with fox hair low and jewel buttons.

Yesterday told the 080 that Pedro Rodriguez began in 1919 in the world of haute couture when it opened in Barcelona a facility that followed the guidelines of the Chambre Syndicale de Paris and supposed to present in their classrooms a collection per season, with models exclusive, and sew the garments in their own workshops.

Pedro Rodriguez followed this course of action until 1976 closed the doors of the three stores couture had in Barcelona, ​​Madrid and San Sebastián.

Her dresses, which achieved great prestige throughout the world, have looked personalities as Queen Sofia, Countess of Barcelona, ​​the Duchess of Alba and many of the women of Spanish high society.

His creations also triumphed abroad, and large actresses like Sophia Loren, Elizabeth Taylor and Ava Gardner periodically traveled to Madrid to renew your wardrobe and bought fifty models every season.

Also the American multimillionaire Barbara Hutton was a big fan of the creations of Pedro Rodriguez.

In the collection you can see these days in the 080 you can check the quality of the fabrics with which to their dresses and talent that had to be able to sew garments that many years later is still an object of desire and arouse same admiration when their models taught their clients by meeting their couture houses.