Pertegaz

Manuel (1918). Spanish designer, born in Aragona. He started as a tailor’s apprentice at the age of 12, specializing in the cutting of men’s suits. He opened a Barcelona showroom in the 1940s and he showed his first collection in the USA in 1945. He moved to Madrid in 1968. It was written of him that “He took a steadfastly traditional approach to Spanish theatricality.”