RICARDO RAMOS

About the Designer:
Ricardo Ramos is a dual national Colombian/Spanish designer and perfumer based in Granada/SPAIN, who has been doing fashion since his child hood; He considers himself as a self-taught designer, anyway he did studies in Fashion at the Paris American Academy/Paris-France, Tailoring in a Westminster educational program/London-England, Experimental Fashion Illustration at the Central Saint Martin’s College of art and Design London/England, Antiques related to decorative arts at the School of Antiquarians/C.E.N.P Barcelona-Spain and Traditional Indian Textile Design in Lemark Institute/Mumbai-India.
Most of his work is inspired in the identity signs and cultural heritage related to costumes and textiles from different countries all over the world, with special attention in the folk, tribal and indigenous traditions, executed after extensive traveling and deep cultural immersions. Ramos is also concerned about working from a sustainable and ethic perspective believing in recycling as a relevant way to do contemporary fashion.
Ricardo Ramos´ work has been featured in Barcelona (Pasarela Gaudí, BCN Fashion week, BAC/Barcelona Contemporary Art Festival), London (London Fashion Week/London Design Festival), Bogotá (Textilmoda, Bogotá Fashion) among some others cities and shows, Ramos is currently taking part of the Berlin Fashion Week official schedule where he had shown his F/W 2011,S/S 2012 and F/W 2012 collections.