Spanish high crafts: clothes and accessories handmade in a traditional way

We valued your work before the pandemic, we will not deny that handmade garments and accessories always have that taste and smell of yesteryear. To the knitted sweaters, to the sewing machines of our grandmothers at full work 365 days a year. To the patches, to the brazier, to garments made from scraps and to tradition. But the pandemic has left a mark, it is leaving it, and it cannot be erased.

If we look ahead, we want to maintain these artisan firms, we want to go through the streets and experience the beauty of those little wicker shops, or those artisan shoe shops and raffia bags. We want to be able to opt for special jewels, made with care, each one by hand. All different from each other. Spanish artisans are one of our most precious assets. In some cases, that engine that drives the economy of a small Spanish town.

This is better than Haute Couture. Because the High Craftsmanship is ours, it is Spanish. Clothes that stitch by stitch become eternal jewels in our wardrobes, shoes made by entire families of artisans who leave their legacy from generation to generation. Artists who leave the sense of sight and touch in creations with work for hours, days, weeks and months. Accessories that make any simple look special.

The Manila shawl, the esparto grass, the raffia, the espadrilles, the linen, the forge, the crochet, the crochet, stones, links, coins...The threads. Spanish High Craftsmanship is GOLD and as such we must treat it, admire it and buy it. Investing in them is guaranteeing your dream and your future. And ours.

There are many Spanish craft firms, we wanted to make a small selection. But we will do many more.

ANA ENCABO

The signature of the Spanish artisan Manila Shawl skirts. The firm that recovers a traditional garment and turns it into the piece that elevates any style. Ana Canalejo, creative director of the firm, assures that "she was tired of seeing how in a multitude of international collections and firms, they used typical elements of Spanish culture such as flamenco or bullfighting in garments that had rarely come out of a Spanish workshop". And so this wonderful Sevillian firm, Room 717, was born in 2018 and is conquering the world.

Cashfana

Hand-painted jewels, each bead set by artisans who dedicate all their love to creating them for Cashfana, the signature of the sisters María and Esther, two sisters from the Costa Brava who believe that "each piece brings origin, culture and tradition. It is a window to its people that we are passionate about sharing". They also have a capsule of hats made by them inspired by their childhood and the enthusiasm for colors and the love of crochet that we learned from our aunt Silvia. His success is unstoppable.

Croixet

Croixet was born from the initiative of its founder, Andrea Boix, to rescue the traditional work of crochet and transform it into unique pieces that combine craftsmanship with sensitivity for fashion. Her grandmother was the main inspiration, origin and driving force behind this project. Each Croixet is always handmade to order; handmade to order and especially for the person who buys it. Craftsmanship, exclusivity and local sustainability are its fundamental values. In this way, each bag is unique and exclusive, and even the packaging is personalized for each buyer.

Candles and Felipa

The Spanish firm born in 2015, has returned to its origins with the new RONDEÑA collection, a way to pay homage to its land, La Mancha, its traditions and its people. A demonstration of the pride that is felt for the countryside and culture. "Rediscover the world around us, our land, our roots. Reconnect with our origins, with what those who are no longer left behind. The memories. In short, , reassess who we are through where we come from."

Amalfi

This Spanish firm of artisan jewelry, Amalfi, made with all the care, creativity and love for traditions and the old, has become one of the favorites for that authentic touch with Spanish and Italian flavor. "The appreciation and enjoyment of craftsmanship. The care and attention to small details, elegance, sophisticated minimalism. The discovery of the infinite value of beauty that a sunset embodies. The savoring of a glass of wine at sunset over the deck of a sailboat. A strong and sensual woman who does not stop for anything or anyone and who loves the roots of her culture and tradition. That is the Amalfi woman."

Ewigem

The Sevillian firm Ewigem is pure craftsmanship and care for the details. Its creative director, Adriana Nieto, defines her brand as "love for clothes and fabrics with a life of their own. Sensitive designs that are close to women. I always bet on handmade creations and, collection after collection, they strive to keep techniques alive. traditions, an approach she refers to as "the craftsmanship of my designs". Each collection of knitwear, dresses and swimwear is a tribute to things made by hand in her Sevillian workshop as her grandmother did. A signature in which falling in love is easy.

Ernest Castillo

Rosario Andrade and Eva Pozuelo are the soul of this Spanish firm: Hilando el tiempo. When they met and shared their ideas, they created this fashion project based on sustainability where crochet and crafts play a leading role. It was behind a coffee table when his brand was born: Hilando el Tiempo. Her way of understanding crochet is a completely handmade statement of intent, full of soul, a lot of technique, research and design. These two women propose garments that go beyond fashion, they are pieces that you will want to collect.

RAFA MARRODAN

The firm was born in 2011, by the hand of its creator Beatriz González, who was looking for a brand of designer bags and handmade accessories. The firm is famous for making handbags in silk cord, a refined material with a unique color and elegance. The bags and accessories are made 100% by hand by artisans who work for the brand, between Madrid and Guadalajara. Forget Madrid we will never forget, of that we are sure.

mysulafish

Mysulafish was born in 2012, its creator Paloma de la Riva, and is based on slow fashion, with awareness and taste for details and the delicacy of its creative director. One of its maxims is to produce its garments in local workshops that take care of the garments and make them one by one, taking care of and pampering the details. The slow made and the constant of creating very wearable handmade garments are the protagonists of his way of creating.

Luciana Studio

Luciana Estudio is a brand of women's jackets, made in small workshops in Madrid. The garments are distinguished by their excellent quality, with their own details: special closures, different finishes, various textures... Some are hand-painted, providing a unique identity. The philosophy lies in making a durable and sustainable product, giving value and awareness to what is bought and continuing with the artisan traditions.

Box San Sebastian

A firm from San Sebastián, Box San Sebastián, of high-end handmade leather goods whose style of bags is timeless. Eternal, sophisticated and functional bags, created for daily use. Bags "made here" and with the best European leather. Bags to wear, bags to touch, bags to smell, bags to see and be seen. Bags with meticulous handmade details, smart bags, bags created from magic. This season it has taken another step forward in its commitment to sustainability, giving a second life to plastics recovered from the oceans.

dakota lean

Dakota Lean was born from the hand of Patricia Gago to create a fashion firm based on the selection of materials with which they make unique garments made in Spain, both for a special occasion and for the extraordinary day to day. The manufacturing process is careful and handmade, and to send them, they wrap the garments in paper and love -much more indestructible than plastic. They only make limited editions adjusting to what we have collected, it is our way of making the project sustainable and of keeping us in constant movement. Dakota Lean is not a goal but an open path.

Sveti Stefan

Sveti Stefan was born in 2020. A new brand of slippers made in Spain, always with a contemporary design language to create elegant, simple and versatile pieces. The firm is inspired by the design of the Venetian Friulane. Made in a traditional way, adorned with velvets or colorful oriental silks. An artisan firm to look at, and the crush of this season.

AL by Andrea Lourido

Dreaming in Pink is the name of this collection from the Galician firm AL by Andrea Lourido. The garments in the collection are named after women, women that Andrea Lourido admires and who at the same time inspire him. He considers them strong women, wanting to be themselves and with a lot of personality. The handmade garments are made to measure, the details are taken care of, the sweatshirts are personalized. A new firm that has already conquered the hearts of Spanish women.

ELEONOR DE CASANOVAS

The jewels of the Barcelona jewelery firm ELEONOR DE CASANOVAS go well with EVERYTHING. Pearls, gold plated chains with initials, with large links or with smaller links, with lions or with sailor clasps that make them more special. This is how handmade jewelery can be personalized with your initial, with the length you prefer... unique jewellery.

amande

The Spanish firm Amande is defined by doing things slowly and with good handwriting. That means that each one of their garments is made within an artisanal process, devoting the time it deserves to each piece. "We want to live in a better and more sustainable world, so we manufacture on demand, that is, we don't have stock. This way we reduce spending, we don't generate a surplus and we can offer a personalized product." A dream come true of this firm that will make you fall in love strongly.

Conteson

Contesón was born in 2019, under the creative and brand direction of Eva Caídas. The keys to the brand are a unique and timeless aesthetic, craftsmanship, made in Spain, the use of noble materials and careful customer service. "We are targeting women who interpret luxury with a new language and seek exclusivity in experiences and pieces with personality. Women who love fashion and who see art as inspiration for their fashion or decoration choices." It's marvelous.

Espardenyes Torres

Espardenyes Torres was born in 2016 at the hands of two artisans, Patry and Isabel, who learned to make espardenyes as they used to do in the old days, wanting to follow an ancestral tradition where there were no machines or shops to go buy footwear. Isabel Prats, a well-known Ibizan artisan, created espardenyes for family and friends, but she soon realized that she could not cope with the growing demand for this type of footwear, so she decided to propose to Patricia the creation of this wonderful company. Since then, this small family business is part of the world-renowned firm 'Adlib Moda Ibiza'.

The Curiousers

One of those Spanish firms that leave no one indifferent. Original garments, the fruit of creativity, curiosity and talent. The Curiousers was born in the middle of the pandemic in 2020, something that has served to make it even stronger. Artisan garments, none is the same as another, sustainable garments, solidarity. Of course, a signature that gets into your heart and never comes out.

LAFLOÏD

At Lafloïd they are committed to quality and excellence, and they try to take care of every detail until the end in all their bags and accessories. All the products in the collection are made 100% by hand by the best professionals in the sector, working with modern design and traditional craftsmanship, and always in a sustainable way.

Mona Moon

The Spanish firm Mona Moon advocates the consumption of timeless accessories, made by hand with a design halfway between art and functionality. The result is eye-catching, handmade bags. One of his priorities has been to work with very light and soft skins of the best quality and only reinforcing the necessary parts with light materials of the latest generation that make the designs weigh very little. This is the most important feature and the one they are most proud of.

Mundaka

Mundaka is a brand inspired by the Mediterranean and where all its pieces are made in Spain, with high quality materials, focusing its design on knitwear and organic cotton. Founded by Belén Vidal in 2014, after years working in fashion workshops in Madrid and Paris, having shown an early interest in pattern cutting and the revival of traditional forms.

Zahati

It all started with the great-grandfather of its creator in 1920 in a traditional town called Gata de Gorgos. "During summer afternoons my grandfather taught me the techniques of hat making, handicrafts and vegetable dyes. He passed on his passion for handmade pieces with dedication and care. When I finished my Architecture studies I decided to take some wooden stairs and climb on top of the hat to continue braiding straw and vegetable fibers as my grandfather taught me. That's how Zahati was born." Zahati is artisan tradition, modernity and sustainability. Eternal pieces created with natural fibers that are inspired by architecture, art and nature, respecting the tradition of Gata de Gorgos.

Very Castineira

From Galicia with crafts and love. Sandra Castiñeira is the soul of her Spanish firm Muy Castiñeira, "ever since my mother made my clothes at the village seamstress, I dreamed of creating, that scissors cutting the infinite fabrics, that chalk outlining the patterns, remains in my retina. .. For me the signature means insistent, fighter, positive, energetic, humble, creative, dreamy... Very Castiñeira." From a Galician workshop, Hortensia Creations, with the help of Rita, Chenta and Lina, has created this wonderful Galician artisan firm.

Steve Monkey

Steve Mono is a contemporary Spanish brand founded in 2007 with the idea of ​​reinterpreting classic sandals, shoes, bags and other small leather goods for a modern lifestyle. Influenced by Spanish culture, travel, art, utility and appreciation for the elderly, we continue to focus on designing essentials for every day and every trip. Each collection is timeless, functional and sustainable.

save lopez

A brand of accessories designed and produced in Barcelona with a refined aesthetic and contemporary design that vindicates the role of local industry with pieces made by hand with passion, dedication and know-how, betting on sustainability. SUR/SAC is inspired by works of art, nature and its forms. Her instagram gallery is full of artists who inspire Ana Gallego, soul of the firm, for the design of her "works" and those who follow her. Norma Minkowitz, Oteiza, Sahara Widoff, Rebecca Horn… are some of them. All its models follow the brand's motto, betting on a concept that claims sustainable fashion through the production process under the premise of a timeless design that lasts over time.

Tatiana Rego

Tatiana Riego Complementos is much more than a brand. Hides the mother-daughter relationship. Tatiana had a great interest in the recovery of objects thanks to her auction, together with her career as an interior designer, which resulted in her designing and making her collection of accessories. Her daughter, Amanda, saw how her mother, with passion and dedication, created and designed with love and affection. They have come together stronger than ever, reinforcing the brand that her mother started a few years ago. "Things well done, without getting lost in the details, playing and mixing materials, textures and shapes. The accessories are designed and produced from start to finish in La Coruña, behind there is a process of craftsmanship and care.". A true wonder worth looking at and admiring.

Eferro

Elena Ferro is the third generation of her family of zuequeros. Thanks to the combination of leather goods with the manufacture of clogs, Elena and her family, who work under the Eferro brand, are able to keep alive a traditional trade that is currently in extinction, making it a way of life. To do this, they change the traditional use of a piece created to cover a basic need, turning it into a piece adapted to current fashion trends. From alder wood, vegetable tanned and oiled foal and cow leather and waxed chrome, nails, recycled rubber, staples... They create a new line of clogs made with bold colors and designs in tune with fashion trends, inspired in nature and animals, such as the "fly ladybug fly" clogs that were awarded the Antón Fraguas Contemporary Crafts Award, where the jury rewarded the contemporary, refreshing and unapologetic vision, demonstrating that tradition and modernity are perfectly compatible. And this season they are the footwear that we need to have, what better than in a Spanish artisan firm.

Spanish High Craftsmanship vindicates the handmade, the tradition and the beauty of things made with love. We will not find better clothes and accessories to invest in and turn our wardrobe into a corner where trends are forgotten but history enters.

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