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Bershka
Jose Castro is the first external designer to ever work with Inditex. Under the name of ‘Bershka by Jose Castro’ they have collaborated to create a line of eco-friendly shopping bags.
The studio has designed a limited edition series of brightly coloured bags for the youth brand, joining Bershka in their concern for sustainability and raising awareness of the on-going waste caused by plastic shopping bags.
Miro Jeans
n 2001 Jose Castro was hired by Twenty as creative director of Miró Jeans, the second line of Catalan designer Antonio Miró.
He is in charge of developing the collections for women and men along with their accessories line as both creative director and the brand’s public image. He will be presenting them on the Circuit de Barcelona platform until 2004.
Acexpiel
His experience and expertise with tanned hides was the reason that international Galician designer Jose Castro was the professional chosen by Acexpiel/Spanish Tanners Association to develop, over six seasons, a number leather trends specifically designed for this age old industry and geared towards the international fashion market.
Maison Méditerranéenne Des Métiers de la Mode
Jose Castro was the Spanish representative at the 2010 edition of la Maison de la Création’s “Cité Euroméditerraném tenne de la Mode”, an event that promotes the development of the companies of emerging creators.
The project, which lasted six months, consisted of six sessions in which the designers had to create both individual and collective collections with guidance from a distinguished group of fashion professionals, including the chairman of Chanel’s advisory board Françoise Montenay. The purpose was to help introduce the designers to this competitive market.
La Redoute
La Redoute, the French company leader in catalogue and online sales, presented in their winter 2008/09 collection, a collaboration between artists from different countries. The event took place in the Pompidou museum in Paris. The Spanish representative, Jose Castro, designed a look that took inspiration from his collection ‘The Crow’.
It was the first time that this designers’ clothes reached a larger audience and at a much more competitive price.