The Ministry of Culture pays a posthumous tribute to David Delfín

The Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports will pay tribute this Wednesday, July 19, to designer David Delfín, who died on June 3, in which he will present his family with the National Fashion Design Award that this department awarded him in November 2016. This event will take place at 8:00 p.m. in the gardens of the Museo del Traje de Madrid and will be attended by family members, representatives of the world of culture and friends of David Delfín, including Alaska, Rossy de Palma and the designer and president The Spanish Fashion Creators Association (ACME), Modesto Lomba, Juan Duyos, Helena Ronher, Juan José Oliva, Ángel Schlesser, Bibiana Fernández, Pelayo Díaz and Pepón Nieto. Sport, Íñigo Méndez de Vigo, as well as the Secretary of State for Culture, Fernando Benzo Posthumous delivery The Ministry announced last November the ruling of the 2016 National Fashion Award, which awarded David Delfí n for “the audacity, courage and social commitment of his work, with a marked Spanish identity that develops an avant-garde universe of its own.” The awarding of this award occurs months before the official delivery of these awards, which usually takes place in the autumn , since, according to sources from the Ministry to Europa Press, the department headed by Méndez de Vigo wants to “highlight” and “highlight” the figure of Delfín and pay tribute “from love”. , 1970) came into fashion through painting. Thus, in 1999, after several individual and group exhibitions, and after having worked on paper, canvas, wood or cardboard, he decided to use second-hand military garments as a new medium.In 2001, he created the firm Davidelfin together with the Postigo brothers (Deborah, Diego and Gorka) and the model Bimba Bosé. In 2002, she presented her first collection at Madrid Fashion Week, which included a long dress with a strapless neckline made from sanitary bandages.In 2003, she received the L’Oréal Award for the best collection of young designers. , the Shangay Prize for the best Spanish designer and the Prix de la mode from Marie Claire magazine, for the best new designer of the year. Subsequently, he has received awards such as the Men’s Health and Shangay magazines for the best designer of the year 2007, the International Award The Season’s Book for the best collection for Fall / Winter 2008-2009 and the awards from the GQ and Shangay magazines for the best 2009 designer In 2009, he made the international leap debuting at New York Fashion Week, where he participated for four seasons. In 2011, the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington DC organized a retrospective of his work. The relationship with the visual arts is a constant in his career, Magritte and Louise Bourgeois inspire some of his collections, also collaborating with artists such as Alicia Framis and exhibiting in galleries such as Helga de Alvear or Soledad Lorenzo and in the Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga.