The Konex Awards will be delivered on Tuesday, September 13 and will receive it for the discipline “Clothing Design”: Gino Bogani, Mariana Cortés, Mariana Dappiano, Pablo Ramírez and Andrea Saltzman. The Konex Foundation has chosen the most outstanding personalities in the world of fashion, who, in addition to receiving the diploma of merit, will participate in the awarding of the statuettes.
In its 43rd edition, the list of winners of the Konex Foundation It is made up of the designation of quintets in 21 disciplines. The Grand Jury chaired by the artist Louis Philippe Noah and constituted by other outstanding personalities, will choose in each item who will take the “Platinum Konex”. Finally, among them the figure of the decade will be selected, who will obtain the highest award, the “Brilliant Konex”.
Gino Bogani
Pioneer of haute couture in Argentina, he has a career spanning more than sixty years. In 1986, he was a special guest for fashion shows at the 1st International Fashion Congress in Havana, together with gianni versace Y Paco Rabanne. Among other celebrities she dressed Mary Louise Bernberg, pinkie, Mirtha Legrand, Norma Aleander, Grace Borges Y Susana Gimenez. He received the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic in the degree of Commendatore.
Mariana Cortes
UBA clothing designer. In 1998 she opened Joan of Arc as an experimental store, with an open workshop and an art gallery. Today the brand sells as a lifestyle for women, men, children and decoration. It develops textiles for manual screen printing, each garment being unique and unrepeatable. Export to Japan, USA Y Spain. He received the CAM Silver Scissors Award Brand with the Greatest International Projection 2011.
Mariana Dappiano
First generation of designers graduated from the career of UBA Clothing and Textile Design. Since 2001 he designs and runs his own brand. His work maintains a direct relationship between art and clothing. He presented collections at the Recoleta Cultural Center together with plastic artists such as Marta Minujin Y Nicholas Garcia Uriburu. Selected twice to participate in the MBFW of New York.
Paul Ramirez
He opened his first store in the San Telmo neighborhood, after taking his first steps as product manager in Paris and in different clothing brands. Currently, he is one of the most influential designers, recognized by the national and international press. He has made costumes for Fito Paez, Gustavo Cerati, Natalia Oreiro, Leticia Bredice, Carla Peterson, Cecilia Roth, Ines Estevez Y Celeste Cid. In 2010, she designed the staff uniforms for Argentinian airlines.
Andrea Saltzmann
Professor of Clothing and Textile Design at FADU-UBA. Doctor Cum Laude in Design and Fashion by Polytechnic University of Madrid. In his interest in the body to address design, his training in dance, plastic arts and his condition as an architect converge. Her work feeds on interdisciplinarity and crossroads with multiple actors in the development of workshops, parades and curatorships in museums, such as MALBA Y BOW.
Instituted in 1980, the Konex Awards They annually distinguish those personalities and most outstanding institutions within the branches that make up the national life. The disciplines linked to the activity are: Painting, Sculpture, Drawing, Engraving, Installation, Performance, Clothing Design, Cartoon, Humor and Photography, among others.
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