INES DI SANTO CONTINUES HER INTERNATIONAL EXPANSION WITH HER FIRST EVER COLLECTION PRESENTATION DURING BARCELONA BRIDAL FASHION WEEK.
Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona Pavilion
Internationally renowned bridal and eveningwear designer, Ines Di Santo, will present HER first Couture Bridal fashion PRESENTATION in Barcelona, at the iconic BARCELONA PAVILION designed by one of HER architectural heroes Mies van der Rohe.
"I am so delighted to present my vision of today’s modern bride. As this is my Debut presenTATION IN SPAIN, I wanted the perfect location to serve as the back drop for my new collection. it had to be timeless and throughly modern. I am so grateful to the fundacio mies van der rohe and barcelona Bridal fashion week for their support." says designer Ines Di Santo. “As a WOMAN of latin culture, i am so proud and excited to present my collection in spain, to not only MY INTERNATIONAL retail partners and the media, but to Brides to Be. for me, to make a bride’s dream of her big day come TRUE…is still a thrill!”
The fashion PRESENTATION will take place on THURSDAY, April 20th 9:30AM at the BARCELONA PAVILION located next door to the fiRA of Barcelona Bridal Fashion Week.
About The Barcelona Pavilion: an emblematic work of the Modern Movement, has been exhaustively studied and interpreted as well as having inspired the oeuvre of several generations of architects. It was designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich as the German national pavilion for the 1929 Barcelona International Exhibition. Built from glass, steel and different kinds of marble, the Pavilion was conceived to accommodate the official reception presided over by Kings of Spain Alfonso XIII and Victoria Eugenia along with the German authorities.
After the closure of the Exhibition, the Pavilion was disassembled in 1930. As time went by, it became a key point of reference not only in Mies van der Rohe’s own career but also in twentieth-century architecture as a whole. Given the significance and reputation of the Pavilion, thoughts turned towards its possible reconstruction.
In 1980 Oriol Bohigas, as head of the Urban Planning Department at the Barcelona City Council, set the project in motion, designating architects Ignasi de Solà-Morales, Cristian Cirici and Fernando Ramos to research, design and supervise the reconstruction of the Pavilion.
Work began in 1983 and the new building was opened on its original site in 1986.