NACHO ARISTI IS A FOOTWEAR DESIGNER AND FASHION ENTUSIAST WHO HAS BUILT UP A MANY-SIDED BODY OF WORK, TRAVELLING AMONG SEPARATE HAVENS DEVOTED TO ON-TARGET POP-CULTURE ANALYSIS: MADRID, PARIS, LONDON, BARCELONA AND VIGO. ARISTI’S 2-IN-1 PRACTICE HAS CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF POPULAR PACE-SETTERS SUCH AS COS, ZARA, MASSIMO DUTTI AND BIMBA Y LOLA.
AMIDST THE GOLDEN AGE OF CRAZED TEEN STAR CONTROVERSIES [1] AND SADISTIC TABLOIDS [2], NACHO VAQUERO WAS AMONG THE TRUE GRASSROOTS [3] OF ONLINE FANDOMS [4]—A STAN AVANT LA LETTRE [5], SPEARS-HEADING [6] ALL THE SCANDALS WITH A CERTAIN PROTECTIVE MOMENTUM. THOUGH EMBROILED IN A SUBTWEETING NETWORK OF BACK-SHAVING HAS-BEENS, VAQUERO RECLAIMED HIS TWO-FACED ALLEGATIONS ALIASED AS TWEEZAK [7] (READ: “TWO-BAG” IN DUTCH), PROVING TO BE A TRUE BRANDING PRODIGY [8] EARLY ON.
FOLLOWING THIS CASCADE OF TUMBLR FAN PAGES [9] AND RESTAURANT JOBS [10]—AFTER REALISING THAT “HALF AN ALMOND” IS ALWAYS A GLUTTONOUS TEMPTATION FOR TRANQUILITY [11], AND GASTRONOMY IS THE PERMANENT “BEAST” THAT CALLS WISDOM FROM THE THIRD CIRCLE [12]—THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF LIMBO STAR DECIDED IT WAS TIME FOR THE FASHION TO BE DESIGNED [13], AND SO AROSE THE PRIME AND PERSISTENT PEAK OF FAKE GAY JOBS [14].
NACHO, AT FIRST, DID WHAT EVERY SEVERE CREATIVE CAN ONLY DREAM OF: UNPAID INTERNSHIPS [15]. BUT THOSE CONFINES TO MADRID SOON PROVED TOO SMALL TO ACCOMMODATE HIS LARGER-THAN-LIFE VIGOUR. TO THAT END, NACHO VAQUERO DID AS ONLY A SENSIBLE BASQUE WOULD DO: HE MOVED TO THE CITY OF PRET SANDWICHES AND LOW-VISIBILITY SUNLIGHT (BOTH CONSUMED PRIMARILY OUT OF NECESSITY RATHER THAN PLEASURE), STARTED WORKING THERE À LA EMILY, AND SO FUELLED HIS SPECTACULARISM AS HE TOOK IT UPON HIMSELF TO FREE LONDON FROM ITS MORAL BANKRUPTCY. SIX CAPSULE COLLECTIONS AND THREE (3) GOODBYE DRINKS LATER, NACHO
BREXITED LONDON
[16]
HAD BEEN FULLY BIMBAYLOLIZED
[17]
VIGO’S UPPER ECHELONS
[18]
VAQUERO SUCCEEDS IN FOOTWEAR DESIGN BECAUSE HE, JUST LIKE A CONDUCTOR, UNDERSTANDS ORCHESTRAL RESPONSIBILITY—EAT YOUR HEART OUT LYDIA TÀR! [19] HIS LAST SCULPTING IS STEADFASTLY TAILORED TO THE CLIENT, BACKED BY TESTIMONIALS PROCLAIMING “THESE BIMBA BOOTS ARE THE BEST BOOTS I EVER HAD?” (THANKS COCO!) [20]. FRANKLY, NACHO WORKS WITH COSMOPOLITAN [21] VERVE, YET AT ALL TIMES MARK-ED BY TITILLATING-CAR-COMMERCIAL SENSATIONALISM [22]. HE MAKES WORK NOT FOR THE FASHION VICTIM, BUT FOR THE FASHIONABLY VICTIMISED. FACED, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH THE BESPECTACLED PANIC OF ASHLEY TISDALE BUYING 400 BOOKS FOR THE SOLE REASON OF FILLING HER BOOKSHELVES (SHE WANTED THE SPACE TO APPEAR FULLY FURNISHED AHEAD OF HER ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST HOUSE TOUR) [22], THE SIDEBURNED VISIONARY BOLDLY COUNTER-QUIPS “¿DÓNDE ESTÁ LA BIBLIOTECA?” [23] AND BOOKLETS KNOWLEDGE ACCORDINGLY.
LONG STORY SHORT, NACHO HAS FUN. HE SIMPLY GETS VOLUMES, HE FREAKS OUT ON SILHOUETTES, HE OBSESSES OVER THE INFRAMINCE, AND HE KNOWS A THING OR TWO ABOUT SUPPOSED “STRATEGY” WITH HIS BRAINY REFERENCE PARTY OF LUXURIES AND STUNTS. HIS SOPHISTICATED PULP FIXATION IS PROPAGANDA TO LIVE WITH DELUSIONS OF GRANDEUR [24] (MADE OBVIOUS IN THE WRITING OF THIS BIOGRAPHY ITSELF). IN REFERENCE TO THIS DIVINITY, NACHO VAQUERO RECENTLY ADMITTED TO THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL THING HE HAS EVER DONE [25]: BEING THE VERY EMBODIMENT OF THE “MAKING PICSART COLLAGES OF DISILLUSIONED STARLETS” TROPE CAREERING IN “FOOTWEAR DESIGN TERRITORY”.
JUAN DE SALAS IS A NY TIMES BEST-SELLING AUTHOR. [26]
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REFERENCE LETTERS (Under Request)
Leandro Cano — Director of the eponymous brand
Zane Ludzeniece — Bottega Veneta, Madrid Flagship Director
Maria del Brezo Alcoceba — Fashion Projects Department Principal
Lorena Crespo — COS, Iberia & France Area Controller
Cristina Soto — PhD in Fashion History
STUDIES
Bachelor of Arts, BA, Fashion Design, Escuela Superior de Diseño, 2018 - 2023, Madrid, Spain.
Digital Pattern Cutting with Gerber Accumark Course, Central Saint Martins, 2023, London, United Kingdom
Bachelor of Legal and Social Sciences, Management and Tourism (Bilingual), Rey Juan Carlos University, 2016 - 2021, Madrid, Spain.