This Wednesday, February 15th we started our 10th anniversary celebrations with a grand gala dinner at the emblematic venue The Imperial, located in the center of Barcelona. The event brought together numerous guests from the design, politics, fashion and the media industry.
The Imperial held the gala dinner for LCI Barcelona's 10th anniversary
The evening began with the presentation of the Felicidad Duce 2022 Award to Pablo Coppola, a former student of the School and current leather goods collection director at Balenciaga. Sílvia Ventosa, curator of Museu del Disseny de Barcelona and president of the award jury, highlighted the award winner's career in historical luxury firms such as Celine, Tom Ford and Balli.
Pablo Coppola received the Felicidad Duce 2022 Award
The choice of the venue was in recognition of the 95 years of our Fashion School and the fashion shows that the founder, Felicidad Duce, used to organize in the Salón Imperial of the former Hotel Ritz, a place reserved until then for the big couture brands. In that same space we recreated one of those fashion shows with 10 looks created by the designers trained in our classrooms who have obtained greater recognition from the sector: Josep Font, Juan Vidal, María Escoté, Dominnico, Celia Vela, Manuel Bolaño, Martinez Lierah, Karlota Laspalas, Krizia Robustella and CarlotaOms.
The 10 looks designed by our most outstanding alumni
Among the authorities who did not want to miss the event were Wendy Drukier (Canadian Ambassador to Spain), Joan Borràs (Government Delegate in Barcelona) and C. J. Scott (Canadian Consul in Barcelona), who shared the evening with Claude Marchand (President of LCI Education), Sílvia Viudas (General Director of LCI Barcelona), Mercedes Freixas and Eduard Prats (Honorary Presidents of our School). We were accompanied by the heads of brands, companies and institutions such as como Puig, Munich, Castañer, Sita Murt, MODACC, CCAM, DHUB, Santa Eulalia, Gratacós, Santa & Cole, Escorpion, La Roca Village, MODA-FAD and MINIM, and representatives of media such as Telva, El País, La Vanguardia, El Periódico, Metal Magazine and Barcelona Fashion Press.
