BIOGRAPHY

MADRID-PARIS

A FRENCH MAN IN MADRID AND A SPANIARD IN PARIS: ARNAUD MAILLARD AND ALVARO CASTEJÓN HAVE TWO BRILLIANT CAREERS IN THE INTERNATIONAL FASHION BUSINESS. THEY HAVE WORKED TOGETHER IN PARIS, NEW YORK, LONDON AND MILAN AS A STUDIO DIRECTOR OR PERSONAL ASSISTANT TO KARL LAGERFELD, ALEXANDER MC QUEEN AND OSCAR DE LA RENTA.TODAY, MADRID BECOMES THE CAPITAL OF THESE DESIGNERS’ STYLE: PURE, LUMINOUS AND SOPHISTICATED.

ARNAUD MAILLARD

EDUCATED AT THE PRESTIGIOUS ‘ECOLES DE LA CHAMBRE SYNDICALE DE LA COUTURE PARISIENNE’, HE WORKED FOR 15 YEARS TOGETHER WITH KARL LAGERFELD BOTH AS HIS RIGHT-HAND AND AS STUDIO DIRECTOR OF LAGERFELD GALLERY. HIS COLLECTIONS IN CO-BRANDING WITH DIESEL, NAPAPIJRI Y H&M BROUGHT A FRESH CHANGE TO THE BRAND. IN 2007, ARNAUD MAILLARD OPENED THE FIRST EXCLUSIVE VINTAGE BOUTIQUE IN SPAIN, LE FAUBOURG, RIGHT IN THE HEART OF MADRID’S FASHION DISTRICT.

ALVARO CASTEJON

HE STUDIED AT THE FIT, THE WORLD FAMOUS ‘FASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY’ IN NEW YORK, AND AT THE SAME TIME HE STARTS INTERNING WITH OSCAR DE LA RENTA. BEFORE JOINING ‘LAGERFELD GALLERY’, HE ALSO WORKED FOR ALEXANDER MC QUEEN IN NEW YORK, LONDON AND PARIS, AND AFTER THAT HE WAS IN CHARGE OF COORDINATING FENDI´S STUDIO IN PARIS UNTIL MID-2009, WHEN ALVARNO’S PROJECT BORNED.