BARCELONA (AFP) – Catalan designer Antonio Miro, a Spanish style legend whose fashions included undocumented migrants and prisoners, has died aged 74, the nation’s tradition minister stated on Thursday (Feb 3).
“Might the earth relaxation on you calmly,” tweeted Spanish Tradition Minister Miquel Iceta, referring to Miro as “an icon of Catalan style”.
Catalan regional chief Pere Aragones, additionally on Twitter, stated he was “saddened by the dying of Toni Miro, one of many nice names of Catalan style”.
Born in 1947 in Sabadell close to the Mediterranean metropolis of Barcelona to a father who was a tailor, Miro opened his first store within the Sixties when he was simply 20, his unique designs shortly setting him other than his friends.
In 1976, he launched his personal model of garments with clear Mediterranean influences, which he would later take onto catwalks in Paris, Tokyo and New York.
He created the costumes used within the ceremonies on the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, and designed uniforms for Catalonia’s regional police.
However Miro additionally courted controversy with a few of his reveals.
In 2007, he used eight undocumented migrants from Senegal to showcase his winter assortment on the catwalk in Barcelona.
He discovered them by means of an area assist group, and stated it was his method of making an attempt to assist them, native media reported on the time.
A 12 months earlier, he had additionally featured prisoners on the catwalk.
An everyday for years on the catwalks of Madrid and Barcelona, Miro received a string of awards, together with the Cristobal Balenciaga nationwide style prize in 1987.
“A Barcelona native at coronary heart, artistic, groundbreaking, an inspiration for a lot of generations, for the Barcelona model, who impressed a method of being and dressing,” stated Jaume Collboni, Barcelona’s deputy mayor.
“With out his legacy, you possibly can’t speak about style in Barcelona.”
