Asunción Bastida. Barcelona i l'alta costura

DHub presents an exhibition dedicated to Asunción Bastida Pibernat (Barcelona, 1902 – L’Espluga de Francolí, 1995), a key figure of 20th-century fashion and the only woman to be part of the most prominent core of Spanish haute couture. The exhibition retrieves her career and claims her role within the history of design and fashion. With great determination and a clear business vision, Bastida began her path in 1926 in Barcelona. In the 1930s she consolidated her couture house and, after the Civil War, resumed activity until her label became a benchmark of haute couture, with a presence in cities such as Barcelona, Madrid and Seville. She presented collections internationally in Brussels, Venice, Cairo and New York. Her international prestige was strengthened when Christian Dior authorised her to reproduce and sign some of her designs. The exhibition brings together textile pieces, period photographs, drawings and original sketches, documentary material, magazines, advertising and audiovisual archives to rediscover an essential creator and revisit the narratives of fashion history. For more information about the exhibition "Asunción Bastida. Barcelona i l'alta costura", visit the Disseny Hub Barcelona website.