AMERICAN PEREZ

American Perez was established in June 2008 in Barcelona. Natalia Perez and Jorge Bolado Moo are the names behind the brand. Natalia was born in Barcelona in 1986. She graduated as a fashion designer from the Superior School of Design, ESDI (Barcelona), as well as from the University of Southampton. Jorge was born in O Porriño in 1984. He graduated in Fine Arts from the University of Vigo and later moved to Barcelona where he completed his Master’s degree in styling at the Superior School of Design BAU. Their colourful collections are inspired by dreams of places where they haven’t been before. Their first collection, “American Perez”, was a finalist for the Modafad Book-t project (September 2008), selected by the Genial Fashion STIB as one of the best collections (September 2008), shown during Madrid Fashion Week El Ego de Cibeles (February 2009) and invited to Berlin in October 2009 for the CreatEurope Design Award. Their second collection, “Miami Heat”, was shown and finalist in Modafad Awards in September 2009. American Perez will present their third collection at Madrid Fashion Week in February 2010.