Alejandro Sáez de la Torre
About
Alejandro Sáez de la Torre is a Spanish fashion designer behind the label Porfin!, which he launched in 1991, the same year that he undertook an intensive course in fashion at Milan's Marangoni Institute. A year later he specialized in Fashion and Design in Valencia, where he qualified in costume design for the theatre, films and television. He continued his training during 1995 with a dressmaking course at the Paris School of Fashion.
His presentation on the Spanish catwalk circuit took place in 1996, when he began to present his collections at the Gaudí New Designers Show, which he attended until 1999. In 1997 he obtained second prize for the most innovative collection at the Young Fashion Designers Show, organised by the Autonomous Region of Valencia.
Porfin! is a regular on Valencia's catwalks. Besides, in 2001 he co-founded and was appointed spokesman for the PIV (the Autonomous Region of Valencia's Ready-to-Wear Industrial Association).