Jorge Vázquez
Jorge Vázquez is a Spanish women's fashion label founded in 2001 by the Galician designer of the same name. It is known for refined ready to wear and event wear shown at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid.
| Founded | 2001 |
|---|---|
| Designer | Jorge Vázquez |
| First runway | Cibeles, February 2002 |
| Spanish stores (2018) | Madrid, A Coruña, Bilbao, Palma |
| Website | jorgevazquez.com |
What is Jorge Vázquez?
Jorge Vázquez is a Spanish designer label for women, founded in 2001 by the Galician designer Jorge Vázquez. He presented his first collection under his own name at Cibeles, Madrid's fashion week, in February 2002.
The designer
Vázquez worked briefly at Inditex at 18 and studied design in Madrid and the United States. His career includes Antonio Pernas, the creative team at Ángel Schlesser, a women's ready to wear collection for Loewe in 2006 and a role at El Corte Inglés from 2014 overseeing its women's brands. Since January 2020 he has also been creative director of the house Pertegaz.
Products and positioning
- Women's ready to wear
- Event and party collections
- JV Petit Couture, a girls' first communion line launched in 2009
- Couture pieces
The label returned to the Madrid runway with JV by Jorge Vázquez for autumn/winter 2016/17, which won a L'Oréal award.
Distribution
By 2018 the brand had four stores in Spain, in Madrid, A Coruña, Bilbao and Palma, and sold through about forty multibrand points of sale internationally. That year Scalpers took a majority stake in the company, with the founder continuing as designer.
Why it matters
Jorge Vázquez is one of the established names of Spanish designer womenswear.
Frequently asked questions
Who is Jorge Vázquez?
Jorge Vázquez is a Galician fashion designer who founded his women's label in 2001. He has also been creative director of Pertegaz since 2020.
Who owns Jorge Vázquez?
In 2018 the Spanish fashion company Scalpers took a majority stake in the brand, with the founder continuing as designer.