Adolfo Domínguez

Spanish fashion designer

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SpouseElena GonzálezChildren3; including TizianaAwardsNational Design Prize, 2014Websitewww.adolfodominguez.es

Adolfo Domínguez Fernández (Spanish pronunciation: [aˈðolfo ðoˈmiŋɡeθ], born on 14 May 1950) is a Spanish fashion designer. In 2014, he won the National Designer Prize.^[1] Dominguez studied Philosophy and Arts, specialising in Art at Santiago University.^[2]

Fashion business

He took over his father's fashion boutique in Ourense in the early 1970s. He spent the following years developing his own designs, and finally made the big jump with a presentation of his work in Madrid in 1981.^{[citation needed]} He also became the first Spanish designer to open his own brand-name store in Madrid, which grew into a chain with outlets across Spain and abroad. The company went public in 1997.^[3] Adolfo Dominguez S.A. currently has a network of around 400 branches, 98 of which are outside Spain.^[4] Annual turnover around 182 million euros.^[5]

Style

His perfume line is owned by Puig.^[6]

References

^ "Princess Letitzia presents designer Adolfo Domínguez with top honour at first-ever National Fashion Awards". thinkSPAIN. Retrieved 2018-10-06.
^ "Adolfo Domínguez, Spanish fashion designer and businessman". spainisculture.com. Retrieved 2020-03-13.
^ Smith, Paul Julian (2003). Contemporary Spanish culture: TV, fashion, art, and film. Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley-Blackwell. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-7456-3053-3.
^ Salvatierra, Javier (2021-01-15). "Adolfo Domínguez multiplica por siete sus pérdidas por el impacto de la pandemia". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-08-18.
^ "2 Estudios sobre el castellano en el País Vasco", El castellano de Getxo, DE GRUYTER, pp. 16–93, 2015-06-26, doi:10.1515/9783110366518-006, ISBN 978-3-11-037056-0, retrieved 2022-08-18
^ "Puig, a Spanish fashion empire that started with a lipstick" (in Spanish). Modaes. Retrieved 2012-04-26.