Cultural Heritage
“Between tradition and avant-garde, OTEYZA transforms heritage into form, and form into legacy.”
Since its foundation in 2011 by Paul García de Oteyza and Caterina Pañeda, OTEYZA has united Spanish high craftsmanship with a contemporary outlook, giving shape to its own language based on innovation, technical precision and the use of noble materials such as merino wool. This vision has taken the firm to the main international catwalks, always maintaining a strong commitment to its cultural roots. Through its creative work and the numerous cultural, educational and research projects it promotes in collaboration with different institutions.
OTEYZA not only preserves and communicates Spanish textile knowledge, but also re-signifies it for future generations. Its pieces, recognised with the National Fashion Award and integrated into permanent collections, form part of the living legacy of Spanish fashion. With all this, OTEYZA is constituted as cultural heritage, uniting history, creation and future projection.
Almanzor,
OTEYZA, National Fashion Award, is consolidated through the National Costume Museum as Spanish artistic and cultural heritage: archived, catalogued and present in the museum’s permanent collection, also developing with the latter multiple activities around the Spanish legacy and merino wool.
Its pieces are present and form part of other exhibitions of national and international cultural and artistic institutions.
ZAGAL,
OTEYZA presents ‘Zagal’ for the exhibition ‘Donde Nace el Traje: 100 años cambiando el patrón de la historia’ at the Museo Nacional del Traje.
Inspired by the Villaciervos shepherd’s cloak and the work of Ortiz Echagüe, this piece aligns in an exemplary way with the aims of the exhibition. Its contemporary reinterpretation, made in Spanish merino wool and respecting the functional and aesthetic essence of the original garment, not only pays homage to tradition, but also reinforces the dialogue between history and modernity.
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