Andrés García-Carro from A Coruña signs campaigns with Cartier, which launches his own designs for Zara, or joins the cast of Paco León’s ‘Rainbow’ or competes in Masterchef Senior
The second semifinal of the Benidorm Fest 2023 arrives this Thursday (starting at 10:50 p.m. on TVE La 1 and RTVE Play) and among the nine contestants is Alfred García, one of the favourites. The ‘extriumph’ tries to return to Eurovision, this time solo, since he already tried it in a duet with his ex-partner Amaia Romero, who is also from the same musical academy of Televisión Española. ‘Since you are’ is the song that the Catalan singer will perform, who will go on stage accompanied by a whole style and elegance icona regular on the most glamorous red carpets inside and outside of Spain, Andrés García-Carro from A Coruñabetter known in the fashion industry as The Spanish King.
“In a world in which everyone has to be or appear young, Andrés brings us the experience and beauty of the old”, Alfred has presented it on his Instagram account, where he has posted several photos next to the 90-year-old influencer, on a roof terrace, with the Benidorm skyline in the background. The singer from El Prat de Llobregat wears a ‘outfit’ very seventies, leather jacket, shirt with a large collar above the lapels, high-waisted pants and iridescent glasses. The Spanish King, for his part, a sweater over his shoulders and an open shirt, and smokes a pipe while he challenges the camera with his gaze, something he is used to doing dummy, who has no intention of retiring.
Posing since 2018
In reality, she has only been in the fashion world for a little over two years. Before being the other king of Spain [modelando, claro]He had a happy life. He got married, had four children, studied in Paris and was even a gaucho in Argentina. He set up a restaurant and went into business, later, in Madrid. Until one day, At 88 years old, his granddaughter Celine took some photos of him in the doorway of the house and opened an account on Instagram.
And it got messy. Because Andrés, with loads of class and style, believes that age is just a number and he still considers himself young. Also, he likes to surround himself with young artists, because he says they have given him “years of life.” He doesn’t look like an old man and criticism slips by.
Collaboration with Zara
Ahead is his resume, quite a beast. Namely, it has been the image of Yves Saint Laurent, with whom he bears a spectacular resemblance, especially when he wears large horn-rimmed glasses, or Carolina Herrera, Cartier or Chanel. He has also shot commercials for ebay, and has even designed a collection of clothing and accessories with Zara. Thanks to this job, he was lucky enough to meet Amancio in person, whom he admires “very much”, and who, moreover, is from A Coruña like him.
He has participated in music videos for Aaron Piper and C. Tangana (The one in the song ‘Tú me desiste de querer’, where the model appears smoking a pipe inside an airplane).
The veteran ‘influencer’ is also the official image of the French third division football team Red Stara collaboration that he achieved through his photos on Instagram.
TV and cinema
But the success of The Spanish King has also taken him to the small and big screen: he has also made himself known in popular programs such as ‘Masterchef Senior’, he has recorded a series with Antonio Resines for Movistar+ and the film ‘Rainbow’, with Paco León, for Netflix.