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Pura Lopez (born September 29, 1962, in Elche, Spain) is a Spanish shoe designer, director of the design department of the Pura Lopez brand.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Pura López (Fashion from Spain) )〕 She is a shoe designer for Royal Family members and Spanish cinema.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Online Fashion magazine ModaMarcas )〕 == Early life == Pura Lopez was born in Elche, Alicante, Spain, the daughter of Antonio Lopez Moreno, a shoe manufacturer who founded his Company as a family business in 1964 during the rapid growth of the shoe industry in (). Lopez was growing surrounded by shoes and everything related to shoe production. Her observations and attention to the techniques gave her deep knowledge of the shoe construction and design concepts. Later, in the interview for the Spanish Magazine ''Surrealista'', Lopez admitted that she was always attracted by art and creative process but she never really thought to work neither in the shoe industry nor in fashion. In 1979 Lopez entered the School of Applied Arts and Creative Careers of Alicante to study the Interior Design. In 1981 she proceeds with her education entering the School of Arts and Design of Barreira in Valencia, where she studies Fashion Design. In the summer of 1984 Lopez went to New York, where she started attending a specialized course on Clothing Fashion Design in the Fashion Institute of Technology. A year later she went to Milan, to study footwear design and construction in ARSUTORIA School. That became a significant period in Lopez’s life. She stayed in every-day contact with the fashion world, often attended fashion shows and pret-a-porter runways to learn as much as possible about the trends and fashion world. In 1986 Lopez joined her family business. She started working in the Department of Design, Development and Production for two significant collections: "Josephine" and "Academia". Soon after her arrival the Lopez family changed their strategy and started a new ladies shoe brand. In 1987 the concept of Pura Lopez brand was developed. The main figure is a woman of wide culture, fashion-oriented, very feminine whilst strong. After a family council, the new brand was named after its creator. Currently the second generation of Lopez family conducts all the affairs of the Company where Lopez is in charge of the Design Department and her brother, Antonio Lopez Segarra is CEO. The distinctive particularity of Pura Lopez shoes is the color spectrum of pastels, which vary depending on the season. Thanks to accurate calculations of the form construction Lopez manages to create the models with high heels and platforms without compromising the stability. Lopez chose her moto: "Your shoes should inspire you to walk" and her concept: "a shoe is a main accessory in the woman’s wardrobe" considering it to be an indicator between the platitude and elegance. According to Lopez "The shoes are communication." Today the Pura Lopez brand is the basis of family business Dalph International founded in 1956. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pura Lopez」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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