Vol. 3 No. 2 (2023): Studia Humanitatis Journal
Interview

Interview with Cristina Fernández Valenzuela, designer of bridal and haute couture fashion.

BELÉN FERNÁNDEZ DE ALARCÓN ROCA
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7724-2145 (unauthenticated) Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, España

Bio

Published 2023-07-31

Keywords

  • Haute couture,
  • Fashion,
  • Bridal gown

Abstract

Cristina Valenzuela is one of the last designers who love well-made tailoring, perfection in detail and the elaboration of very well refined, impeccable dresses that look great on the bride and groom on such a special day. She and her team carry out handcrafted work with embroidery finishing touches, and even updating pieces that come to them as complements, with painstaking tailoring work, as the great masters of Haute Couture have always done. He has earned his place in the world of fashion through hard work and sacrifice, many hours in the workshop between needles, together with his great team, whom he admires, and knows that, without their work, designers are nobody... He also makes his way among the celebrities on the red carpet, and demands a better qualified work of craftsmanship so that this intangible heritage, as important as giving shape to a creation of Spanish Haute Couture, is not lost.