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At the age of fourteen I started to work as a trainee in the sales department of “La Primavera”, a department store at the Plaza Universidad, a central square in the city of Barcelona. We’re talking about the year 1953.
From the first moment on I felt attracted to the work of Mr. Torres. This was a man who showed up every month, entered those enormous show windows, and with nothing more than a hammer, a hand full of needles and lots of imagination, was able to illustrate the potential that offered the material on sale. Using every possible combination of texture and color he turned those materials in different types of clothes. In those days there wasn’t something like “prêt à porter”, you know.
Soon, and by my own initiative, I turned into Mr. Torres’s assistant and pupil, that is, only during the time he spent in our shop. He noticed my disposition and my interest .. [read +] |
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Antonio Rubinos is one of those persons who invariable inspire you with a kind of peace and wellbeing that is hard to do without once you experienced it. When he comes and visit us, it looks as if the world has changed for the better.
That’s how Antonio is, laid back, his hat, as always, cocked slightly, no doubt the effect of his living in the isle of Ibiza. At the shores of the Mediterranean, living between pine, orange and carob groves, he finds his inspiration in nature. He receives great support from his family, especially from Tanit who continues his work and does so with equal pleasure and professionalism.
When, for 34 years, Antonio and Mari-Carmen settled in Ibiza, looking for a creative life, they might well not have imagined the amount of envy they inspire in us who stayed on Spain’s mainland... [read +]
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