Adolfo Domínguez | |
Birth Name: | Adolfo Domínguez Fernández |
Birth Date: | 14 May 1950 |
Birth Place: | A Pobra de Trives, Galicia, Spain |
Alma Mater: | University of Santiago de Compostela |
Awards: | National Design Prize, 2014 |
Occupation: | Fashion designer |
Spouse: | Elena González |
Children: | 3; including Tiziana |
Adolfo Domínguez Fernández (pronounced as /es/, born on 14 May 1950) is a Spanish fashion designer. In 2014, he won the National Designer Prize.[1] Dominguez studied Philosophy and Arts, specialising in Art at Santiago University.[2]
He took over his father's fashion boutique in Ourense in the early 1970s. He spent the following years developing his own designs, and finally made the big jump with a presentation of his work in Madrid in 1981. He also became the first Spanish designer to open his own brand-name store in Madrid, which grew into a chain with outlets across Spain and abroad. The company went public in 1997.[3] Adolfo Dominguez S.A. currently has a network of around 400 branches, 98 of which are outside Spain.[4] Annual turnover around 182 million euros.
His perfume line is owned by Puig.[5]