Born: Barcelona, Spain, 1957
Died: New York, New York, USA, 1989
A talented designer, who had a flair for combining sculptural shapes with fluid effects, Angel Estrada secured a Vogue front cover - a satin bustier with luggage zip - within his first year of business in November 1986.
Estrada's family relocated from Spain to New York when he was 3 years old. After studying briefly at Parson's School of Design, New York, he worked as a hair and make-up artist and then, in 1985, formed his own label, which he kept afloat without outside finance. After Estrada's death at the age of 31, the business was taken over by his sister Virginia, an artist and sculptor, who had collaborated with her brother on his collections.
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