Tiziana Domínguez González (born 16 November 1985) is a fashion designer and artist. she is the creative director of the company Adolfo Domínguez, as well as a painter and sculptor. She is the youngest of the three daughters of designer
Adolfo Domínguez
Adolfo Domínguez Fernández (, born on 14 May, 1950) is a Spanish fashion designer. In 2014, he won the National Designer Prize. Dominguez studied Philosophy and Arts, specialising in Art at Santiago University.
Fashion business
He took over ...
and Elena González. Tiziana is part of the third generation of the company, founded in 1973 from a tailor’s shop run by her grandfather.
Training
Tiziana started her training abroad when she was seven years old. She studied in Great Britain, Austria and France, where she learned English, German and French. After finishing her A-levels in Great Britain, she studied a foundation course in Art & Design at
Leeds College of Art
Leeds Arts University is a specialist arts further and higher education institution, based in the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, with a main campus opposite the University of Leeds.
History
It was founded in 1846 as the Leeds Scho ...
. She later moved to Vermont, USA, where she earned a Bachelor of liberal arts BA with a major in economics in
Middlebury College.
In 2017, she earned a AAS fashion design degree at parsons.
Design
From her post as Creative Director, Tiziana Dominguez designs the company’s collections, along with her father. She introduced ecological materials in all collections and backs
sustainable fashion
Sustainable fashion (also known as eco-fashion) is a term describing products, processes, activities, and actors (policymakers, brands, consumers) aiming to achieve a carbon-neutral fashion industry, built on equality, social justice, animal ...
.
In 2011, she presented her first 100% ecological line: ‘Green Me’, designer clothes made from organic and recycled fabrics.
Painting and sculpture
In May 2011, she presented her first painting exhibition, "Ants, horses & other relatives". This was a figurative, expressionist collection, with a lot of colour, where she mixes oil paints with sand, coffee, sawdust, plants, insects and other materials. Her painting is inspired by animals and nature, and her canvases are often transferred to the prints in the collections presented at
Cibeles Madrid Fashion Week and her sculptures inspire the designs of the company’s jewellery.
Corporate ethics
In 2009, she founded the
Corporate Social Responsibility Department (CSR) at Adolfo Dominguez S.A. Her achievements include the publication of the Animal Welfare Policy
(2010). Through this document, the company rejects the use of exotic animal skins, as well as violent activities or animal abuse, such as plucking feathers from live birds or
mulesing
Mulesing is the removal of strips of wool-bearing skin from around the breech (buttocks) of a sheep to prevent the parasitic infection flystrike (myiasis).
The wool around the buttocks can retain feces and urine, which attracts flies. The scar t ...
. They only use leather for bags and accessories, provided that it has certification that it comes from animals bred for food.
Personal life
Tiziana Domínguez was married to
Juan Verde from 2011 to 2018.
They have two children together.
References
External links
Official website of Adolfo DominguezGreen Me in Fabrics for FreedomTiziana Dominguez: fusión de disciplinasLa rentrée de Adolfo DominguezAdolfo Dominguez catwalks on Vogue.esGreen Me, eco collection by Tiziana DominguezTiziana Dominguez on Vogue IndiaTiziana Dominguez interview
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Spanish fashion designers
Spanish women fashion designers
Middlebury College alumni
Alumni of Leeds Arts University
People from Ourense
1985 births
Living people