CUSTO BARCELONA. NEW YORK FASHION SEPTEMBER 2013. MERCEDES-BENZ FASHION WEEK SPRING 2014 COLLECTIONS

Custo Dalmau is a fashion designer. In 1980 he founded the label Custo Line with his brother David which in 1996 became Custo Barcelona and today is a label of Blue Tower S.L., Barcelona. He spent his childhood and adolescence in Barcelona, where he studied Architecture, and his brother David studied the Arts. Initially focusing on printed tops and T-shirts inspired by the looks of Californian surfers, the label meanwhile has added a full range of women’s clothing, a mens line, as well as shoes and accessories.
Since 2008 licenses for fragrances and perfumes have been issued.
Specialty of the Catalan fashion label are complex and colorful graphical prints and intricate textile finishing which evolved over the years based on the architecture and design background of the Dalmau brothers. Over the years Custo Barcelona has been very successful with celebs in Hollywood, his fashion styles have even on show in several films. Custo Dalmau has appeared in many Spanish-language TV series and shows. The label is available globally in more than 40 countries through about 80 own shops and 3.000 fashion retailers and expands heavily in Northern America, Latin America and Asia.

www.custo-barcelona.com

MANHATTAN FASHION MAGAZINE NEW YORK