Manuel Pertegaz The Teruel dressmaker
At just 12 years of age, Pertegaz discovered his love of dressing women and started practicing on the women and friends of his family. 12 years later he had already opened his first Fashion House in Barcelona which he named after himself. He is now 85 years old, just reaching retirement and receiving this commission puts the finishing touches on a brilliant career which in its own right has been awarded for dedication to the world of Haute Couture. The prodigious Oscar for Fashion from the University Harvard; Gold Medals from Cairo; City of Mexico, New Orleans, Berlin, Boston or Barcelona; the commendation of the Royal Order of Isabel the Catholic and the Cruz de Caballero de San Jorge are just some of the prizes he has been awarded....
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Research Links for Manuel Pertegaz
- Vintage Fashion Guild Label resource
- Brief history of the designer and photographic example of his earlier label
- Pertegaz website
- Manuel Pertegaz website. This website is in Spanish. It has some great photographic examples of his work from a historical perspective.
- Pertegaz museum exhibit at Palau Robert
- Also in Spanish background of Petregaz museum exhibition. Also some images of his work and an earlier photo of him.
- Inaugeral opening of exhibit at Palau Robert
- Pictures from the inaugeral opening of Palau Robert exhibit in 2004
- Fashion From Spain >> Profiles & Collections >> Pertegaz
- Considered to be one of the classics of Spanish fashion design, Manuel Pertegaz was born in 1917 in Olba (Teruel), although just a few years after his birth his family moved to Barcelona. It was there that he had his first job in a shop in Carmen Street. A short time later he joined the Angulo team of tailors, and it was there
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