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Maria Bernabeu

IED Istituto Europeo Di Design

I'm Maria Bernabeu, a fashion designer. I was born in Alicante, and I've always been very clear that I wanted to dedicate myself to the artistic field, specifically to fashion design. I studied at the IED in Barcelona, ​​where I had the wonderful opportunity to train alongside renowned professionals. My style is streetwear, but always with a dark, even sometimes rocker, touch, conveying strength, toughness, and courage through my clothes.

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Category: Apparel

Competitions: International

This collection is inspired by the bond between my cousin and me, merging our two aesthetics—rock and streetwear—while always maintaining an atmosphere that breathes darkness, brutality, and more. It represents the difficult stages we’ve been through, connecting them to depression, anxiety, and experiences faced with strength. All of this is materialized in this leather piece, which symbolizes the rawness of emotion—a dress with streetwear touches like chains and a wide lower silhouette, while still giving prominence to the dark leather. The leather is constantly accompanied by the rock side, with eyelets, buckles… a garment that, at first glance, conveys toughness, strength, and the complexity of emotions reflected in the intricacy of its pattern-making.

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