ROSA CLARA BIOGRAPHY
Rosa Clará History
It was in 1995 that Rosa Clará opened her first wedding dresses store in her home city: Barcelona. It was there that she started her journey as a leading bridal fashion brand. Discover it!
Rosa Clará opens a ready-to-wear bridal fashion store on Paseo de Gracia in Barcelona, quickly becoming an industry success story
“(…) we started to create a different type of wedding dress, very simple pieces but utmost quality in terms of materials and fabrics” - Rosa Clará
Licensing starts with fashion designers like the Spanish designer Jesús del Pozo
First successful participations in international fashion shows: Milan, New York, Germany and England
The company’s first exclusive bridalwear stores in Spain
First international customers: Italy
New headquarters open, covering over 5,000 m2 in Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelona)
First collaboration with an international fashion designer and haute couture icon: Christian Lacroix
“We've always wanted the world to know about our collections - Rosa Clará
Start of the brand’s international expansion, with exclusive Rosa Clará stores in Portugal and Mexico
First fashion show at Barcelona Bridal Fashion Week, the most prestigious bridal fashion event in the world
Rosa Clará flagship store opens in Barcelona, specifically on one of the city’s main streets: the majestic Avenida Diagonal
Collaboration with the German designer Karl Lagerfeld, an international fashion icon, to produce and distribute his bridal collections worldwide
Paula Echevarría wearing one of the company’s tailored designs on her wedding day. The actress and model was Rosa Clará’s first high-profile bride
Launch of the first Rosa Clará Cocktail collection Rosa Clará
Subsidiary opens in New Jersey, USA
Rosa Clará flagship store opens in Madrid. The first wedding dress store in Madrid opens on the majestic Calle Velázquez, in the Salamanca district
Rosa Clará exclusive store opens in Paris
Rosa Clará receives the “IWEC - International Women’s Entrepreneurial Challenge” award from the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce
Brand showroom opens in Sant Just (Barcelona), with 5,000 m2 of space to exhibit and display all Rosa Clará Group collections
Rosa Clará flagship store opens in Miami
Collaboration with the renowned Lebanese luxury fashion designer Zuhair Murad
Rosa Clará Group headquarters open in Barcelona
Subsidiaries open in Brazil, Mexico and Canada
Subsidiaries open in Germany, the United Kingdom and France
Exclusive stores open in Sao Paulo (Brazil), Lima (Peru) and Bogotá (Colombia)
Rosá Clara wins the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Elle International Bridal Awards
Rosa Clará flagship store opens in Mexico
Rosa Clará flagship store opens in London
25th anniversary of the Rosa Clará brand. 25 years of magic with approximately 140 exclusive stores and more than 4,000 points of sale in over 80 countries across all five continents. There are also subsidiaries in the USA, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Germany, the UK and France.
Dani Clará joins the company
"This is a very special time for the house and for me personally, as my only son Dani has joined the company and is getting involved in this wonderful project" - Rosa Clará