AGATHA RUIZ DE LA PRADA. "Fashion
as an artistic element".

From March 11th to April 6th 1999.
In 1981 Agatha Ruiz de la Prada presented her first
collection in Local, a center for design in Madrid, and she took part
in the collective fashion show held at the Spanish Museum of Contemporary
Art.
During the 1980s she participated in many fashion shows, including
Cibeles (in Madrid) and Contemporary (in Milan) and in exhibitions of
her drawings. During those years she designed numerous collections: espardrilles
Castañer, sheets for Burés, made out of transparent cloth
for Videstil, etc, and she published drawings and texts, such as
La
Moda Cómoda (The comfortable fashion). In the 1990s,
her activities opened to new fields such as design for posters, record
covers and book jackets, programs and other materials such as ceramics
for Pamesa, watches, stationary, leather goods, and perfumes. Her creativity
in fashion design extends to all facets, including collections of pajamas,
handbags, jewelry, sports wear, etc. She received the International Ecology
Delta dOro Award in Ferrara, Italy, in 1997.
