I saw her paintings, they moved me, and I contacted her. I had been thinking about making very light dresses for a long time, where the printed design would be the star; ‘Art Dresses’, art in motion. I started with our drawings and continued with her paintings. I also wanted to be able to present my work in a different way. I feel more comfortable doing exhibitions, like art galleries do, or a concert, and setting up an installation, attending to customers personally, giving it my all and then disappearing... This is the formula we will use to present this collaboration around the world, selling the dresses and the paintings.

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I have always drawn a lot and since I was little I made my own clothes at home. My mother was a designer in New York. At first, I was interested in other things; I wanted to be an oceanographer, but in Mallorca, at the age of 17, I first had the idea of dedicating myself to this. Without any means, I went to Paris and there I was lucky enough to get an apprenticeship at Yves Saint Laurent. A year later, I returned to Madrid, where I started making my first pieces in the basement of my father's house. At that time, Madrid was flourishing with ‘la Movida,’ and people came from all over to experience the spirit of euphoria and creativity that reigned in the city. I think I was in the right place at the right time to be discovered.

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We are small, and I try to turn our weakness into our strength: carefully crafted garments, small series, emotion, highly personalised attention, a lot of love, hours and effort, an enthusiastic team and great parties are the weapons we have. Customers support us and greatly value what we do. They consider it a good investment and are aware that their support is key to our continued existence. We maintain our artisanal character by seeking out the best in each profession and trying to train young people in trades and ways of doing things that are being lost. Bringing together older people with experience and young people with passion is a good formula.

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I came here with my father after my mother died, and when I was 16, I ran away from home in Madrid and took refuge here in the Sierra de Tramuntana. Since then, this has been the place where I feel I belong.

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Many. I live here, my love lives here, many friends, many projects outside of fashion that have filled my life with meaning and purpose, an olive grove and a vegetable garden that are my passion, a very particular culture and beauty, the sea, the peace I feel when I am here, my village, my children and, now, a place where I love to present my work every year, Espai Buit, a magical, serene and very beautiful place...

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It's not so much anything specific as the scale of things, magical moments, the Saturday market in Plaza de los Patines, the young people's parties in the village, a carpentry workshop, activists with courageous projects, getting lost in the narrow streets of Palma, swimming in the sea at dawn or at night, or discovering a new mountain path...

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I have a small workshop here where we make most of the collections. My life here, more in touch with nature, influences what I do in different ways.

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Overcrowding and revaluation are the main changes. I remember my early years in Mallorca, I thought I had found paradise and it seemed that no one else had noticed... I came to Spain from New York when I was six, to a village in Malaga called Mijas, and I spent every summer there until I was 13. During those seven years, I saw the village undergo a brutal transformation, with motorways, buildings, and the destruction of orchards and trees... This has probably also happened in Mallorca, but I have been lucky that the places where I live have not changed so much. I am always afraid, but many things remain the same... It is a delicate balance.

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I believe that a much more complex and surprising future awaits us than we can imagine today. I believe that the world is going to undergo a transformation that will surprise us. I want to imagine that Mallorca will be a good place when this happens.

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