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Fernando Sanchez
Frenando Sanchez designs focus on sleepwear items such as satin nightgowns and robes. Fernando Sanchez is an award wining designer who uses bold, unorthodox colors and luxorious fabrics to create a simplified, elegant look and feel.
Frenando Sanchez designs focus on sleepwear items such as satin nightgowns and robes. Fernando Sanchez is an award wining designer who uses bold, unorthodox colors and luxorious fabrics to create a simplified, elegant look and feel.
Frenando Sanchez designs focus on sleepwear items such as satin nightgowns and robes. Fernando Sanchez is an award wining designer who uses bold, unorthodox colors and luxorious fabrics to create a simplified, elegant look and feel.
Frenando Sanchez designs focus on sleepwear items such as satin nightgowns and robes. Fernando Sanchez is an award wining designer who uses bold, unorthodox colors and luxorious fabrics to create a simplified, elegant look and feel.
Frenando Sanchez designs focus on sleepwear items such as satin nightgowns and robes. Fernando Sanchez is an award wining designer who uses bold, unorthodox colors and luxorious fabrics to create a simplified, elegant look and feel.
Frenando Sanchez designs focus on sleepwear items such as satin nightgowns and robes. Fernando Sanchez is an award wining designer who uses bold, unorthodox colors and luxorious fabrics to create a simplified, elegant look and feel.
Frenando Sanchez designs focus on sleepwear items such as satin nightgowns and robes. Fernando Sanchez is an award wining designer who uses bold, unorthodox colors and luxorious fabrics to create a simplified, elegant look and feel.
Frenando Sanchez designs focus on sleepwear items such as satin nightgowns and robes. Fernando Sanchez is an award wining designer who uses bold, unorthodox colors and luxorious fabrics to create a simplified, elegant look and feel.
Frenando Sanchez designs focus on sleepwear items such as satin nightgowns and robes. Fernando Sanchez is an award wining designer who uses bold, unorthodox colors and luxorious fabrics to create a simplified, elegant look and feel.
Frenando Sanchez designs focus on sleepwear items such as satin nightgowns and robes. Fernando Sanchez is an award wining designer who uses bold, unorthodox colors and luxorious fabrics to create a simplified, elegant look and feel.
Frenando Sanchez designs focus on sleepwear items such as satin nightgowns and robes. Fernando Sanchez is an award wining designer who uses bold, unorthodox colors and luxorious fabrics to create a simplified, elegant look and feel.
Frenando Sanchez designs focus on sleepwear items such as satin nightgowns and robes. Fernando Sanchez is an award wining designer who uses bold, unorthodox colors and luxorious fabrics to create a simplified, elegant look and feel.
Frenando Sanchez designs focus on sleepwear items such as satin nightgowns and robes. Fernando Sanchez is an award wining designer who uses bold, unorthodox colors and luxorious fabrics to create a simplified, elegant look and feel.
Frenando Sanchez designs focus on sleepwear items such as satin nightgowns and robes. Fernando Sanchez is an award wining designer who uses bold, unorthodox colors and luxorious fabrics to create a simplified, elegant look and feel.
As the creative force behind collections of at-home wear and lingerie, evening-wear and mens-wear, Fernando Sanchez is dedicated to the development of his lifestyle concept of clothing. Known for his rich fabrications and bold, unorthodox use of color, Sanchez is nevertheless most inspired by the simplified elegance of the surroundings he has distilled into his own personal lifestyle. Dividing his time alternately between New York City, Paris and Marrakech, the designer explains: "I am equally stimulated by the pulse and mystery of city streets both by day and night; by the allure of certain women in my life; by the sumptuous colors of Morocco, the Moorish world and the light of the Mediterranean. I draw on my memories of Spain: the sounds of a guitar, palm trees and the indolent dreams of harem life as it must have been. " Fernando Sanchez was born in Spain, but lived much of his early life in Antwerp, Belgium where his grandfather owned a shipping company. As an only child, he led a secluded life of books and imaginary travels. At seventeen, he went with his mother to Paris and met the prominent Parisian designer Jacques Fath after attending his couture collection. Fernando Sanchez later took his own fashion designs to be critiqued by Fath, who advised his mother to enroll Fernando in the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture in Paris. "It was a classic, if uninspiring, design education." Fernando now recalls.An internship at the couture house of Nina Ricci followed, until he was called to the House of Dior by Yves Saint Laurent, his boyhood friend who, as a young designer in Paris, worked the Dior boutique and Dior licensees, with a concentration in lingerie and knitwear for both Europe and the United States. Sanchez' work at Dior brought him to the United States. After several years with Dior, he accepted the offer of Warner's, the New York based manufacturer of lingerie and home wear, to design collections under his own label. Concurrently, he was appointed by Revillon, the French furriers, to become their haute fourrure designer. Undaunted by the challenge of two such diverse assignments (not to mention the fact that he had never worked in fur before) he accepted both contracts. For the next ten years, Fernando Sanchez was Revillon's exclusive designer in Paris and New York. "Those years were very creative" he says fondly. His famous "hide-out" furs brought both fur fashion and Revillon back to the headlines and won for Fernando Sanchez the coveted Coty Award in l975. He received two more Coty Awards for elevating lingerie into high fashion. He received the prestigious C.F.D.A. (Council of Fashion Designers of America) Award for Excellence in Homeware and Lingerie in l981, in London in l988, the Viyella Fabrex Award for his creative use of this traditional cotton and wool fabric. It was the first time this honor was ever awarded internationally.In the autumn of l973, Fernando Sanchez launched his own label of at-home wear and lingerie, expressing a lifestyle-clothing concept that is uniquely adaptable to bed, at-home wear and all phases of leisure living. In l990, Sanchez received the Hispanic Fashion Designers Award for distinction in design, and in l995 he was honored by the United States Department of Commerce with the 1995 Salute to American Fashion Designers Award for Excellence in American Design.
As the creative force behind collections of at-home wear and lingerie, evening-wear and mens-wear, Fernando Sanchez is dedicated to the development of his lifestyle concept of clothing. Known for his rich fabrications and bold, unorthodox use of color, Sanchez is nevertheless most inspired by the simplified elegance of the surroundings he has distilled into his own personal lifestyle. Dividing his time alternately between New York City, Paris and Marrakech, the designer explains: "I am equally stimulated by the pulse and mystery of city streets both by day and night; by the allure of certain women in my life; by the sumptuous colors of Morocco, the Moorish world and the light of the Mediterranean. I draw on my memories of Spain: the sounds of a guitar, palm trees and the indolent dreams of harem life as it must have been. " Fernando Sanchez was born in Spain, but lived much of his early life in Antwerp, Belgium where his grandfather owned a shipping company. As an only child, he led a secluded life of books and imaginary travels. At seventeen, he went with his mother to Paris and met the prominent Parisian designer Jacques Fath after attending his couture collection. Fernando Sanchez later took his own fashion designs to be critiqued by Fath, who advised his mother to enroll Fernando in the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture in Paris. "It was a classic, if uninspiring, design education." Fernando now recalls.An internship at the couture house of Nina Ricci followed, until he was called to the House of Dior by Yves Saint Laurent, his boyhood friend who, as a young designer in Paris, worked the Dior boutique and Dior licensees, with a concentration in lingerie and knitwear for both Europe and the United States. Sanchez' work at Dior brought him to the United States. After several years with Dior, he accepted the offer of Warner's, the New York based manufacturer of lingerie and home wear, to design collections under his own label. Concurrently, he was appointed by Revillon, the French furriers, to become their haute fourrure designer. Undaunted by the challenge of two such diverse assignments (not to mention the fact that he had never worked in fur before) he accepted both contracts. For the next ten years, Fernando Sanchez was Revillon's exclusive designer in Paris and New York. "Those years were very creative" he says fondly. His famous "hide-out" furs brought both fur fashion and Revillon back to the headlines and won for Fernando Sanchez the coveted Coty Award in l975. He received two more Coty Awards for elevating lingerie into high fashion. He received the prestigious C.F.D.A. (Council of Fashion Designers of America) Award for Excellence in Homeware and Lingerie in l981, in London in l988, the Viyella Fabrex Award for his creative use of this traditional cotton and wool fabric. It was the first time this honor was ever awarded internationally.In the autumn of l973, Fernando Sanchez launched his own label of at-home wear and lingerie, expressing a lifestyle-clothing concept that is uniquely adaptable to bed, at-home wear and all phases of leisure living. In l990, Sanchez received the Hispanic Fashion Designers Award for distinction in design, and in l995 he was honored by the United States Department of Commerce with the 1995 Salute to American Fashion Designers Award for Excellence in American Design.
As the creative force behind collections of at-home wear and lingerie, evening-wear and mens-wear, Fernando Sanchez is dedicated to the development of his lifestyle concept of clothing. Known for his rich fabrications and bold, unorthodox use of color, Sanchez is nevertheless most inspired by the simplified elegance of the surroundings he has distilled into his own personal lifestyle. Dividing his time alternately between New York City, Paris and Marrakech, the designer explains: "I am equally stimulated by the pulse and mystery of city streets both by day and night; by the allure of certain women in my life; by the sumptuous colors of Morocco, the Moorish world and the light of the Mediterranean. I draw on my memories of Spain: the sounds of a guitar, palm trees and the indolent dreams of harem life as it must have been. " Fernando Sanchez was born in Spain, but lived much of his early life in Antwerp, Belgium where his grandfather owned a shipping company. As an only child, he led a secluded life of books and imaginary travels. At seventeen, he went with his mother to Paris and met the prominent Parisian designer Jacques Fath after attending his couture collection. Fernando Sanchez later took his own fashion designs to be critiqued by Fath, who advised his mother to enroll Fernando in the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture in Paris. "It was a classic, if uninspiring, design education." Fernando now recalls.An internship at the couture house of Nina Ricci followed, until he was called to the House of Dior by Yves Saint Laurent, his boyhood friend who, as a young designer in Paris, worked the Dior boutique and Dior licensees, with a concentration in lingerie and knitwear for both Europe and the United States. Sanchez' work at Dior brought him to the United States. After several years with Dior, he accepted the offer of Warner's, the New York based manufacturer of lingerie and home wear, to design collections under his own label. Concurrently, he was appointed by Revillon, the French furriers, to become their haute fourrure designer. Undaunted by the challenge of two such diverse assignments (not to mention the fact that he had never worked in fur before) he accepted both contracts. For the next ten years, Fernando Sanchez was Revillon's exclusive designer in Paris and New York. "Those years were very creative" he says fondly. His famous "hide-out" furs brought both fur fashion and Revillon back to the headlines and won for Fernando Sanchez the coveted Coty Award in l975. He received two more Coty Awards for elevating lingerie into high fashion. He received the prestigious C.F.D.A. (Council of Fashion Designers of America) Award for Excellence in Homeware and Lingerie in l981, in London in l988, the Viyella Fabrex Award for his creative use of this traditional cotton and wool fabric. It was the first time this honor was ever awarded internationally.In the autumn of l973, Fernando Sanchez launched his own label of at-home wear and lingerie, expressing a lifestyle-clothing concept that is uniquely adaptable to bed, at-home wear and all phases of leisure living. In l990, Sanchez received the Hispanic Fashion Designers Award for distinction in design, and in l995 he was honored by the United States Department of Commerce with the 1995 Salute to American Fashion Designers Award for Excellence in American Design.
As the creative force behind collections of at-home wear and lingerie, evening-wear and mens-wear, Fernando Sanchez is dedicated to the development of his lifestyle concept of clothing. Known for his rich fabrications and bold, unorthodox use of color, Sanchez is nevertheless most inspired by the simplified elegance of the surroundings he has distilled into his own personal lifestyle. Dividing his time alternately between New York City, Paris and Marrakech, the designer explains: "I am equally stimulated by the pulse and mystery of city streets both by day and night; by the allure of certain women in my life; by the sumptuous colors of Morocco, the Moorish world and the light of the Mediterranean. I draw on my memories of Spain: the sounds of a guitar, palm trees and the indolent dreams of harem life as it must have been. " Fernando Sanchez was born in Spain, but lived much of his early life in Antwerp, Belgium where his grandfather owned a shipping company. As an only child, he led a secluded life of books and imaginary travels. At seventeen, he went with his mother to Paris and met the prominent Parisian designer Jacques Fath after attending his couture collection. Fernando Sanchez later took his own fashion designs to be critiqued by Fath, who advised his mother to enroll Fernando in the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture in Paris. "It was a classic, if uninspiring, design education." Fernando now recalls.An internship at the couture house of Nina Ricci followed, until he was called to the House of Dior by Yves Saint Laurent, his boyhood friend who, as a young designer in Paris, worked the Dior boutique and Dior licensees, with a concentration in lingerie and knitwear for both Europe and the United States. Sanchez' work at Dior brought him to the United States. After several years with Dior, he accepted the offer of Warner's, the New York based manufacturer of lingerie and home wear, to design collections under his own label. Concurrently, he was appointed by Revillon, the French furriers, to become their haute fourrure designer. Undaunted by the challenge of two such diverse assignments (not to mention the fact that he had never worked in fur before) he accepted both contracts. For the next ten years, Fernando Sanchez was Revillon's exclusive designer in Paris and New York. "Those years were very creative" he says fondly. His famous "hide-out" furs brought both fur fashion and Revillon back to the headlines and won for Fernando Sanchez the coveted Coty Award in l975. He received two more Coty Awards for elevating lingerie into high fashion. He received the prestigious C.F.D.A. (Council of Fashion Designers of America) Award for Excellence in Homeware and Lingerie in l981, in London in l988, the Viyella Fabrex Award for his creative use of this traditional cotton and wool fabric. It was the first time this honor was ever awarded internationally.In the autumn of l973, Fernando Sanchez launched his own label of at-home wear and lingerie, expressing a lifestyle-clothing concept that is uniquely adaptable to bed, at-home wear and all phases of leisure living. In l990, Sanchez received the Hispanic Fashion Designers Award for distinction in design, and in l995 he was honored by the United States Department of Commerce with the 1995 Salute to American Fashion Designers Award for Excellence in American Design.
As the creative force behind collections of at-home wear and lingerie, evening-wear and mens-wear, Fernando Sanchez is dedicated to the development of his lifestyle concept of clothing. Known for his rich fabrications and bold, unorthodox use of color, Sanchez is nevertheless most inspired by the simplified elegance of the surroundings he has distilled into his own personal lifestyle. Dividing his time alternately between New York City, Paris and Marrakech, the designer explains: "I am equally stimulated by the pulse and mystery of city streets both by day and night; by the allure of certain women in my life; by the sumptuous colors of Morocco, the Moorish world and the light of the Mediterranean. I draw on my memories of Spain: the sounds of a guitar, palm trees and the indolent dreams of harem life as it must have been. " Fernando Sanchez was born in Spain, but lived much of his early life in Antwerp, Belgium where his grandfather owned a shipping company. As an only child, he led a secluded life of books and imaginary travels. At seventeen, he went with his mother to Paris and met the prominent Parisian designer Jacques Fath after attending his couture collection. Fernando Sanchez later took his own fashion designs to be critiqued by Fath, who advised his mother to enroll Fernando in the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture in Paris. "It was a classic, if uninspiring, design education." Fernando now recalls.An internship at the couture house of Nina Ricci followed, until he was called to the House of Dior by Yves Saint Laurent, his boyhood friend who, as a young designer in Paris, worked the Dior boutique and Dior licensees, with a concentration in lingerie and knitwear for both Europe and the United States. Sanchez' work at Dior brought him to the United States. After several years with Dior, he accepted the offer of Warner's, the New York based manufacturer of lingerie and home wear, to design collections under his own label. Concurrently, he was appointed by Revillon, the French furriers, to become their haute fourrure designer. Undaunted by the challenge of two such diverse assignments (not to mention the fact that he had never worked in fur before) he accepted both contracts. For the next ten years, Fernando Sanchez was Revillon's exclusive designer in Paris and New York. "Those years were very creative" he says fondly. His famous "hide-out" furs brought both fur fashion and Revillon back to the headlines and won for Fernando Sanchez the coveted Coty Award in l975. He received two more Coty Awards for elevating lingerie into high fashion. He received the prestigious C.F.D.A. (Council of Fashion Designers of America) Award for Excellence in Homeware and Lingerie in l981, in London in l988, the Viyella Fabrex Award for his creative use of this traditional cotton and wool fabric. It was the first time this honor was ever awarded internationally.In the autumn of l973, Fernando Sanchez launched his own label of at-home wear and lingerie, expressing a lifestyle-clothing concept that is uniquely adaptable to bed, at-home wear and all phases of leisure living. In l990, Sanchez received the Hispanic Fashion Designers Award for distinction in design, and in l995 he was honored by the United States Department of Commerce with the 1995 Salute to American Fashion Designers Award for Excellence in American Design.
As the creative force behind collections of at-home wear and lingerie, evening-wear and mens-wear, Fernando Sanchez is dedicated to the development of his lifestyle concept of clothing. Known for his rich fabrications and bold, unorthodox use of color, Sanchez is nevertheless most inspired by the simplified elegance of the surroundings he has distilled into his own personal lifestyle. Dividing his time alternately between New York City, Paris and Marrakech, the designer explains: "I am equally stimulated by the pulse and mystery of city streets both by day and night; by the allure of certain women in my life; by the sumptuous colors of Morocco, the Moorish world and the light of the Mediterranean. I draw on my memories of Spain: the sounds of a guitar, palm trees and the indolent dreams of harem life as it must have been. " Fernando Sanchez was born in Spain, but lived much of his early life in Antwerp, Belgium where his grandfather owned a shipping company. As an only child, he led a secluded life of books and imaginary travels. At seventeen, he went with his mother to Paris and met the prominent Parisian designer Jacques Fath after attending his couture collection. Fernando Sanchez later took his own fashion designs to be critiqued by Fath, who advised his mother to enroll Fernando in the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture in Paris. "It was a classic, if uninspiring, design education." Fernando now recalls.An internship at the couture house of Nina Ricci followed, until he was called to the House of Dior by Yves Saint Laurent, his boyhood friend who, as a young designer in Paris, worked the Dior boutique and Dior licensees, with a concentration in lingerie and knitwear for both Europe and the United States. Sanchez' work at Dior brought him to the United States. After several years with Dior, he accepted the offer of Warner's, the New York based manufacturer of lingerie and home wear, to design collections under his own label. Concurrently, he was appointed by Revillon, the French furriers, to become their haute fourrure designer. Undaunted by the challenge of two such diverse assignments (not to mention the fact that he had never worked in fur before) he accepted both contracts. For the next ten years, Fernando Sanchez was Revillon's exclusive designer in Paris and New York. "Those years were very creative" he says fondly. His famous "hide-out" furs brought both fur fashion and Revillon back to the headlines and won for Fernando Sanchez the coveted Coty Award in l975. He received two more Coty Awards for elevating lingerie into high fashion. He received the prestigious C.F.D.A. (Council of Fashion Designers of America) Award for Excellence in Homeware and Lingerie in l981, in London in l988, the Viyella Fabrex Award for his creative use of this traditional cotton and wool fabric. It was the first time this honor was ever awarded internationally.In the autumn of l973, Fernando Sanchez launched his own label of at-home wear and lingerie, expressing a lifestyle-clothing concept that is uniquely adaptable to bed, at-home wear and all phases of leisure living. In l990, Sanchez received the Hispanic Fashion Designers Award for distinction in design, and in l995 he was honored by the United States Department of Commerce with the 1995 Salute to American Fashion Designers Award for Excellence in American Design.
As the creative force behind collections of at-home wear and lingerie, evening-wear and mens-wear, Fernando Sanchez is dedicated to the development of his lifestyle concept of clothing. Known for his rich fabrications and bold, unorthodox use of color, Sanchez is nevertheless most inspired by the simplified elegance of the surroundings he has distilled into his own personal lifestyle. Dividing his time alternately between New York City, Paris and Marrakech, the designer explains: "I am equally stimulated by the pulse and mystery of city streets both by day and night; by the allure of certain women in my life; by the sumptuous colors of Morocco, the Moorish world and the light of the Mediterranean. I draw on my memories of Spain: the sounds of a guitar, palm trees and the indolent dreams of harem life as it must have been. " Fernando Sanchez was born in Spain, but lived much of his early life in Antwerp, Belgium where his grandfather owned a shipping company. As an only child, he led a secluded life of books and imaginary travels. At seventeen, he went with his mother to Paris and met the prominent Parisian designer Jacques Fath after attending his couture collection. Fernando Sanchez later took his own fashion designs to be critiqued by Fath, who advised his mother to enroll Fernando in the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture in Paris. "It was a classic, if uninspiring, design education." Fernando now recalls.An internship at the couture house of Nina Ricci followed, until he was called to the House of Dior by Yves Saint Laurent, his boyhood friend who, as a young designer in Paris, worked the Dior boutique and Dior licensees, with a concentration in lingerie and knitwear for both Europe and the United States. Sanchez' work at Dior brought him to the United States. After several years with Dior, he accepted the offer of Warner's, the New York based manufacturer of lingerie and home wear, to design collections under his own label. Concurrently, he was appointed by Revillon, the French furriers, to become their haute fourrure designer. Undaunted by the challenge of two such diverse assignments (not to mention the fact that he had never worked in fur before) he accepted both contracts. For the next ten years, Fernando Sanchez was Revillon's exclusive designer in Paris and New York. "Those years were very creative" he says fondly. His famous "hide-out" furs brought both fur fashion and Revillon back to the headlines and won for Fernando Sanchez the coveted Coty Award in l975. He received two more Coty Awards for elevating lingerie into high fashion. He received the prestigious C.F.D.A. (Council of Fashion Designers of America) Award for Excellence in Homeware and Lingerie in l981, in London in l988, the Viyella Fabrex Award for his creative use of this traditional cotton and wool fabric. It was the first time this honor was ever awarded internationally.In the autumn of l973, Fernando Sanchez launched his own label of at-home wear and lingerie, expressing a lifestyle-clothing concept that is uniquely adaptable to bed, at-home wear and all phases of leisure living. In l990, Sanchez received the Hispanic Fashion Designers Award for distinction in design, and in l995 he was honored by the United States Department of Commerce with the 1995 Salute to American Fashion Designers Award for Excellence in American Design.
As the creative force behind collections of at-home wear and lingerie, evening-wear and mens-wear, Fernando Sanchez is dedicated to the development of his lifestyle concept of clothing. Known for his rich fabrications and bold, unorthodox use of color, Sanchez is nevertheless most inspired by the simplified elegance of the surroundings he has distilled into his own personal lifestyle. Dividing his time alternately between New York City, Paris and Marrakech, the designer explains: "I am equally stimulated by the pulse and mystery of city streets both by day and night; by the allure of certain women in my life; by the sumptuous colors of Morocco, the Moorish world and the light of the Mediterranean. I draw on my memories of Spain: the sounds of a guitar, palm trees and the indolent dreams of harem life as it must have been. " Fernando Sanchez was born in Spain, but lived much of his early life in Antwerp, Belgium where his grandfather owned a shipping company. As an only child, he led a secluded life of books and imaginary travels. At seventeen, he went with his mother to Paris and met the prominent Parisian designer Jacques Fath after attending his couture collection. Fernando Sanchez later took his own fashion designs to be critiqued by Fath, who advised his mother to enroll Fernando in the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture in Paris. "It was a classic, if uninspiring, design education." Fernando now recalls.An internship at the couture house of Nina Ricci followed, until he was called to the House of Dior by Yves Saint Laurent, his boyhood friend who, as a young designer in Paris, worked the Dior boutique and Dior licensees, with a concentration in lingerie and knitwear for both Europe and the United States. Sanchez' work at Dior brought him to the United States. After several years with Dior, he accepted the offer of Warner's, the New York based manufacturer of lingerie and home wear, to design collections under his own label. Concurrently, he was appointed by Revillon, the French furriers, to become their haute fourrure designer. Undaunted by the challenge of two such diverse assignments (not to mention the fact that he had never worked in fur before) he accepted both contracts. For the next ten years, Fernando Sanchez was Revillon's exclusive designer in Paris and New York. "Those years were very creative" he says fondly. His famous "hide-out" furs brought both fur fashion and Revillon back to the headlines and won for Fernando Sanchez the coveted Coty Award in l975. He received two more Coty Awards for elevating lingerie into high fashion. He received the prestigious C.F.D.A. (Council of Fashion Designers of America) Award for Excellence in Homeware and Lingerie in l981, in London in l988, the Viyella Fabrex Award for his creative use of this traditional cotton and wool fabric. It was the first time this honor was ever awarded internationally.In the autumn of l973, Fernando Sanchez launched his own label of at-home wear and lingerie, expressing a lifestyle-clothing concept that is uniquely adaptable to bed, at-home wear and all phases of leisure living. In l990, Sanchez received the Hispanic Fashion Designers Award for distinction in design, and in l995 he was honored by the United States Department of Commerce with the 1995 Salute to American Fashion Designers Award for Excellence in American Design.
As the creative force behind collections of at-home wear and lingerie, evening-wear and mens-wear, Fernando Sanchez is dedicated to the development of his lifestyle concept of clothing. Known for his rich fabrications and bold, unorthodox use of color, Sanchez is nevertheless most inspired by the simplified elegance of the surroundings he has distilled into his own personal lifestyle. Dividing his time alternately between New York City, Paris and Marrakech, the designer explains: "I am equally stimulated by the pulse and mystery of city streets both by day and night; by the allure of certain women in my life; by the sumptuous colors of Morocco, the Moorish world and the light of the Mediterranean. I draw on my memories of Spain: the sounds of a guitar, palm trees and the indolent dreams of harem life as it must have been. " Fernando Sanchez was born in Spain, but lived much of his early life in Antwerp, Belgium where his grandfather owned a shipping company. As an only child, he led a secluded life of books and imaginary travels. At seventeen, he went with his mother to Paris and met the prominent Parisian designer Jacques Fath after attending his couture collection. Fernando Sanchez later took his own fashion designs to be critiqued by Fath, who advised his mother to enroll Fernando in the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture in Paris. "It was a classic, if uninspiring, design education." Fernando now recalls.An internship at the couture house of Nina Ricci followed, until he was called to the House of Dior by Yves Saint Laurent, his boyhood friend who, as a young designer in Paris, worked the Dior boutique and Dior licensees, with a concentration in lingerie and knitwear for both Europe and the United States. Sanchez' work at Dior brought him to the United States. After several years with Dior, he accepted the offer of Warner's, the New York based manufacturer of lingerie and home wear, to design collections under his own label. Concurrently, he was appointed by Revillon, the French furriers, to become their haute fourrure designer. Undaunted by the challenge of two such diverse assignments (not to mention the fact that he had never worked in fur before) he accepted both contracts. For the next ten years, Fernando Sanchez was Revillon's exclusive designer in Paris and New York. "Those years were very creative" he says fondly. His famous "hide-out" furs brought both fur fashion and Revillon back to the headlines and won for Fernando Sanchez the coveted Coty Award in l975. He received two more Coty Awards for elevating lingerie into high fashion. He received the prestigious C.F.D.A. (Council of Fashion Designers of America) Award for Excellence in Homeware and Lingerie in l981, in London in l988, the Viyella Fabrex Award for his creative use of this traditional cotton and wool fabric. It was the first time this honor was ever awarded internationally.In the autumn of l973, Fernando Sanchez launched his own label of at-home wear and lingerie, expressing a lifestyle-clothing concept that is uniquely adaptable to bed, at-home wear and all phases of leisure living. In l990, Sanchez received the Hispanic Fashion Designers Award for distinction in design, and in l995 he was honored by the United States Department of Commerce with the 1995 Salute to American Fashion Designers Award for Excellence in American Design.
As the creative force behind collections of at-home wear and lingerie, evening-wear and mens-wear, Fernando Sanchez is dedicated to the development of his lifestyle concept of clothing. Known for his rich fabrications and bold, unorthodox use of color, Sanchez is nevertheless most inspired by the simplified elegance of the surroundings he has distilled into his own personal lifestyle. Dividing his time alternately between New York City, Paris and Marrakech, the designer explains: "I am equally stimulated by the pulse and mystery of city streets both by day and night; by the allure of certain women in my life; by the sumptuous colors of Morocco, the Moorish world and the light of the Mediterranean. I draw on my memories of Spain: the sounds of a guitar, palm trees and the indolent dreams of harem life as it must have been. " Fernando Sanchez was born in Spain, but lived much of his early life in Antwerp, Belgium where his grandfather owned a shipping company. As an only child, he led a secluded life of books and imaginary travels. At seventeen, he went with his mother to Paris and met the prominent Parisian designer Jacques Fath after attending his couture collection. Fernando Sanchez later took his own fashion designs to be critiqued by Fath, who advised his mother to enroll Fernando in the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture in Paris. "It was a classic, if uninspiring, design education." Fernando now recalls.An internship at the couture house of Nina Ricci followed, until he was called to the House of Dior by Yves Saint Laurent, his boyhood friend who, as a young designer in Paris, worked the Dior boutique and Dior licensees, with a concentration in lingerie and knitwear for both Europe and the United States. Sanchez' work at Dior brought him to the United States. After several years with Dior, he accepted the offer of Warner's, the New York based manufacturer of lingerie and home wear, to design collections under his own label. Concurrently, he was appointed by Revillon, the French furriers, to become their haute fourrure designer. Undaunted by the challenge of two such diverse assignments (not to mention the fact that he had never worked in fur before) he accepted both contracts. For the next ten years, Fernando Sanchez was Revillon's exclusive designer in Paris and New York. "Those years were very creative" he says fondly. His famous "hide-out" furs brought both fur fashion and Revillon back to the headlines and won for Fernando Sanchez the coveted Coty Award in l975. He received two more Coty Awards for elevating lingerie into high fashion. He received the prestigious C.F.D.A. (Council of Fashion Designers of America) Award for Excellence in Homeware and Lingerie in l981, in London in l988, the Viyella Fabrex Award for his creative use of this traditional cotton and wool fabric. It was the first time this honor was ever awarded internationally.In the autumn of l973, Fernando Sanchez launched his own label of at-home wear and lingerie, expressing a lifestyle-clothing concept that is uniquely adaptable to bed, at-home wear and all phases of leisure living. In l990, Sanchez received the Hispanic Fashion Designers Award for distinction in design, and in l995 he was honored by the United States Department of Commerce with the 1995 Salute to American Fashion Designers Award for Excellence in American Design.
As the creative force behind collections of at-home wear and lingerie, evening-wear and mens-wear, Fernando Sanchez is dedicated to the development of his lifestyle concept of clothing. Known for his rich fabrications and bold, unorthodox use of color, Sanchez is nevertheless most inspired by the simplified elegance of the surroundings he has distilled into his own personal lifestyle. Dividing his time alternately between New York City, Paris and Marrakech, the designer explains: "I am equally stimulated by the pulse and mystery of city streets both by day and night; by the allure of certain women in my life; by the sumptuous colors of Morocco, the Moorish world and the light of the Mediterranean. I draw on my memories of Spain: the sounds of a guitar, palm trees and the indolent dreams of harem life as it must have been. " Fernando Sanchez was born in Spain, but lived much of his early life in Antwerp, Belgium where his grandfather owned a shipping company. As an only child, he led a secluded life of books and imaginary travels. At seventeen, he went with his mother to Paris and met the prominent Parisian designer Jacques Fath after attending his couture collection. Fernando Sanchez later took his own fashion designs to be critiqued by Fath, who advised his mother to enroll Fernando in the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture in Paris. "It was a classic, if uninspiring, design education." Fernando now recalls.An internship at the couture house of Nina Ricci followed, until he was called to the House of Dior by Yves Saint Laurent, his boyhood friend who, as a young designer in Paris, worked the Dior boutique and Dior licensees, with a concentration in lingerie and knitwear for both Europe and the United States. Sanchez' work at Dior brought him to the United States. After several years with Dior, he accepted the offer of Warner's, the New York based manufacturer of lingerie and home wear, to design collections under his own label. Concurrently, he was appointed by Revillon, the French furriers, to become their haute fourrure designer. Undaunted by the challenge of two such diverse assignments (not to mention the fact that he had never worked in fur before) he accepted both contracts. For the next ten years, Fernando Sanchez was Revillon's exclusive designer in Paris and New York. "Those years were very creative" he says fondly. His famous "hide-out" furs brought both fur fashion and Revillon back to the headlines and won for Fernando Sanchez the coveted Coty Award in l975. He received two more Coty Awards for elevating lingerie into high fashion. He received the prestigious C.F.D.A. (Council of Fashion Designers of America) Award for Excellence in Homeware and Lingerie in l981, in London in l988, the Viyella Fabrex Award for his creative use of this traditional cotton and wool fabric. It was the first time this honor was ever awarded internationally.In the autumn of l973, Fernando Sanchez launched his own label of at-home wear and lingerie, expressing a lifestyle-clothing concept that is uniquely adaptable to bed, at-home wear and all phases of leisure living. In l990, Sanchez received the Hispanic Fashion Designers Award for distinction in design, and in l995 he was honored by the United States Department of Commerce with the 1995 Salute to American Fashion Designers Award for Excellence in American Design.
As the creative force behind collections of at-home wear and lingerie, evening-wear and mens-wear, Fernando Sanchez is dedicated to the development of his lifestyle concept of clothing. Known for his rich fabrications and bold, unorthodox use of color, Sanchez is nevertheless most inspired by the simplified elegance of the surroundings he has distilled into his own personal lifestyle. Dividing his time alternately between New York City, Paris and Marrakech, the designer explains: "I am equally stimulated by the pulse and mystery of city streets both by day and night; by the allure of certain women in my life; by the sumptuous colors of Morocco, the Moorish world and the light of the Mediterranean. I draw on my memories of Spain: the sounds of a guitar, palm trees and the indolent dreams of harem life as it must have been. " Fernando Sanchez was born in Spain, but lived much of his early life in Antwerp, Belgium where his grandfather owned a shipping company. As an only child, he led a secluded life of books and imaginary travels. At seventeen, he went with his mother to Paris and met the prominent Parisian designer Jacques Fath after attending his couture collection. Fernando Sanchez later took his own fashion designs to be critiqued by Fath, who advised his mother to enroll Fernando in the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture in Paris. "It was a classic, if uninspiring, design education." Fernando now recalls.An internship at the couture house of Nina Ricci followed, until he was called to the House of Dior by Yves Saint Laurent, his boyhood friend who, as a young designer in Paris, worked the Dior boutique and Dior licensees, with a concentration in lingerie and knitwear for both Europe and the United States. Sanchez' work at Dior brought him to the United States. After several years with Dior, he accepted the offer of Warner's, the New York based manufacturer of lingerie and home wear, to design collections under his own label. Concurrently, he was appointed by Revillon, the French furriers, to become their haute fourrure designer. Undaunted by the challenge of two such diverse assignments (not to mention the fact that he had never worked in fur before) he accepted both contracts. For the next ten years, Fernando Sanchez was Revillon's exclusive designer in Paris and New York. "Those years were very creative" he says fondly. His famous "hide-out" furs brought both fur fashion and Revillon back to the headlines and won for Fernando Sanchez the coveted Coty Award in l975. He received two more Coty Awards for elevating lingerie into high fashion. He received the prestigious C.F.D.A. (Council of Fashion Designers of America) Award for Excellence in Homeware and Lingerie in l981, in London in l988, the Viyella Fabrex Award for his creative use of this traditional cotton and wool fabric. It was the first time this honor was ever awarded internationally.In the autumn of l973, Fernando Sanchez launched his own label of at-home wear and lingerie, expressing a lifestyle-clothing concept that is uniquely adaptable to bed, at-home wear and all phases of leisure living. In l990, Sanchez received the Hispanic Fashion Designers Award for distinction in design, and in l995 he was honored by the United States Department of Commerce with the 1995 Salute to American Fashion Designers Award for Excellence in American Design.
As the creative force behind collections of at-home wear and lingerie, evening-wear and mens-wear, Fernando Sanchez is dedicated to the development of his lifestyle concept of clothing. Known for his rich fabrications and bold, unorthodox use of color, Sanchez is nevertheless most inspired by the simplified elegance of the surroundings he has distilled into his own personal lifestyle. Dividing his time alternately between New York City, Paris and Marrakech, the designer explains: "I am equally stimulated by the pulse and mystery of city streets both by day and night; by the allure of certain women in my life; by the sumptuous colors of Morocco, the Moorish world and the light of the Mediterranean. I draw on my memories of Spain: the sounds of a guitar, palm trees and the indolent dreams of harem life as it must have been. " Fernando Sanchez was born in Spain, but lived much of his early life in Antwerp, Belgium where his grandfather owned a shipping company. As an only child, he led a secluded life of books and imaginary travels. At seventeen, he went with his mother to Paris and met the prominent Parisian designer Jacques Fath after attending his couture collection. Fernando Sanchez later took his own fashion designs to be critiqued by Fath, who advised his mother to enroll Fernando in the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture in Paris. "It was a classic, if uninspiring, design education." Fernando now recalls.An internship at the couture house of Nina Ricci followed, until he was called to the House of Dior by Yves Saint Laurent, his boyhood friend who, as a young designer in Paris, worked the Dior boutique and Dior licensees, with a concentration in lingerie and knitwear for both Europe and the United States. Sanchez' work at Dior brought him to the United States. After several years with Dior, he accepted the offer of Warner's, the New York based manufacturer of lingerie and home wear, to design collections under his own label. Concurrently, he was appointed by Revillon, the French furriers, to become their haute fourrure designer. Undaunted by the challenge of two such diverse assignments (not to mention the fact that he had never worked in fur before) he accepted both contracts. For the next ten years, Fernando Sanchez was Revillon's exclusive designer in Paris and New York. "Those years were very creative" he says fondly. His famous "hide-out" furs brought both fur fashion and Revillon back to the headlines and won for Fernando Sanchez the coveted Coty Award in l975. He received two more Coty Awards for elevating lingerie into high fashion. He received the prestigious C.F.D.A. (Council of Fashion Designers of America) Award for Excellence in Homeware and Lingerie in l981, in London in l988, the Viyella Fabrex Award for his creative use of this traditional cotton and wool fabric. It was the first time this honor was ever awarded internationally.In the autumn of l973, Fernando Sanchez launched his own label of at-home wear and lingerie, expressing a lifestyle-clothing concept that is uniquely adaptable to bed, at-home wear and all phases of leisure living. In l990, Sanchez received the Hispanic Fashion Designers Award for distinction in design, and in l995 he was honored by the United States Department of Commerce with the 1995 Salute to American Fashion Designers Award for Excellence in American Design.
As the creative force behind collections of at-home wear and lingerie, evening-wear and mens-wear, Fernando Sanchez is dedicated to the development of his lifestyle concept of clothing. Known for his rich fabrications and bold, unorthodox use of color, Sanchez is nevertheless most inspired by the simplified elegance of the surroundings he has distilled into his own personal lifestyle. Dividing his time alternately between New York City, Paris and Marrakech, the designer explains: "I am equally stimulated by the pulse and mystery of city streets both by day and night; by the allure of certain women in my life; by the sumptuous colors of Morocco, the Moorish world and the light of the Mediterranean. I draw on my memories of Spain: the sounds of a guitar, palm trees and the indolent dreams of harem life as it must have been. " Fernando Sanchez was born in Spain, but lived much of his early life in Antwerp, Belgium where his grandfather owned a shipping company. As an only child, he led a secluded life of books and imaginary travels. At seventeen, he went with his mother to Paris and met the prominent Parisian designer Jacques Fath after attending his couture collection. Fernando Sanchez later took his own fashion designs to be critiqued by Fath, who advised his mother to enroll Fernando in the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture in Paris. "It was a classic, if uninspiring, design education." Fernando now recalls.An internship at the couture house of Nina Ricci followed, until he was called to the House of Dior by Yves Saint Laurent, his boyhood friend who, as a young designer in Paris, worked the Dior boutique and Dior licensees, with a concentration in lingerie and knitwear for both Europe and the United States. Sanchez' work at Dior brought him to the United States. After several years with Dior, he accepted the offer of Warner's, the New York based manufacturer of lingerie and home wear, to design collections under his own label. Concurrently, he was appointed by Revillon, the French furriers, to become their haute fourrure designer. Undaunted by the challenge of two such diverse assignments (not to mention the fact that he had never worked in fur before) he accepted both contracts. For the next ten years, Fernando Sanchez was Revillon's exclusive designer in Paris and New York. "Those years were very creative" he says fondly. His famous "hide-out" furs brought both fur fashion and Revillon back to the headlines and won for Fernando Sanchez the coveted Coty Award in l975. He received two more Coty Awards for elevating lingerie into high fashion. He received the prestigious C.F.D.A. (Council of Fashion Designers of America) Award for Excellence in Homeware and Lingerie in l981, in London in l988, the Viyella Fabrex Award for his creative use of this traditional cotton and wool fabric. It was the first time this honor was ever awarded internationally.In the autumn of l973, Fernando Sanchez launched his own label of at-home wear and lingerie, expressing a lifestyle-clothing concept that is uniquely adaptable to bed, at-home wear and all phases of leisure living. In l990, Sanchez received the Hispanic Fashion Designers Award for distinction in design, and in l995 he was honored by the United States Department of Commerce with the 1995 Salute to American Fashion Designers Award for Excellence in American Design.