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PROFILE

Born in Madrid, Larrainzar spent his childhood between Spain and Germany. He inherited his father’s passion for fashion, and the commitment and effort he applied to every creation, but he nevertheless developed his own personal design style.

He trained in Italy and the United States. He graduated in Design from Milan’s Instituto Marangoni, and completed postgraduate courses at the Domus. He then moved to New York to work for three years with renowned designer Oscar de la Renta. There he worked on the design of the collections and organised the Spanish-American designer’s first four fashion shows in Paris.

Javier Larrainzar returned to Madrid in 1992 with a clear aim: to channel his creative energy into opening his own haute couture studio. It was then that he consolidated his presence in the Spanish market. In 1993 he made his first presentation at Madrid’s Pasarela Cibeles, where he has been a regular ever since.

In 1996 he opened his boutique in Madrid’s Salamanca district. At the same time, he participated in a number of international fashion shows: Washington, the Spanish Pavilion Fashion show at Lisbon’s Expo, and Tel Aviv (Israel).

Larrainzar works personally on the design, marketing and business sides of his company. He does not restrict his scope of action to fashion collections. He has diversified and extended his product line, making a first foray into the world of wine with the limited edition Javier Larrainzar for Heredad de Baroja-Reserva 1998. He also designed his first sunglasses collection which was unveiled at the ExpoÓptica optometry exhibition and in every Cibeles Fashion Week since February 2003. Since September 2008, he has been collaborating with Sun Planet for a new collection of sunglasses.

Another of Javier's passions is interior design, which has led to a number of projects such as his collaboration with Javier Duarte since 2006 in furniture design and the presentation in the same year of his first homeware collection, Larrainzar Casa, at the Casa-Pasarela trade fair.

Following various prêt-à-porter collections, the brand has gone one step further by designing a prêt á porter Bridal Collection for the Puerta de Europa 2007-2008 catwalk show.

In 2008, he continued his expansion with the launch of Larrainzar Kids, a collection of children’s pyjamas for Spanish department store El Corte Inglés.

He recently participated in the Cálida Catwalk Show (Gran Canaria) with a two-piece swimwear collection, which was received with great success and demand. It is a collection for all types of women of delicate designs with a multitude of shapes, all bearing the Larrainzar stamp, and radiating a unique character.