ABOUT US
HI! I AM
RAQUEL
MEMBRADO,
I have an extended career of more than 15 years as a fashion designer, head of design, creative director & entrepreneur.
My career in fashion began in Barcelona designing children’s clothes. Since my dream was to become an international fashion designer, I did not hesitate to move to Paris to peruse my dream. After achieving my goals in Paris, I was offered a job position in Inditex, Zara woman woven department in Coruña where I worked for several years looking for new professional challenges. I moved back to Barcelona where I worked for an important supplier as head of design, increasing the company turnover and creating a design department. This is where I meet lidia, not knowing that one day we would become business partners.
Once I had accomplished my expectations in Barcelona, and not seeing anything interesting in the near future, I decided to move to Colombia looking for new professional challenges. For several years I have been working as a freelance for some of the biggest brands in Latin American, USA and Spain as well as stablishing my own company, Otto & Lea´s which is a baby´s online concept store.
Since I am always looking for new challenges and business opportunities, I have decided to start a new business venture which is Apartstudiobcn together with Lidia, thinking to come back to Barcelona in the near future.
HI! I AM
LIDIA SAIZ,
I started in the fashion industry at the very early age of 16 modelling for the well-known agency ELITE MODEL MANAGEMENT. I was chosen to be part of the contest ELITE MODEL LOOK, which gave me the opportunity to travel all around the world at a very young age. Thanks to this marvelous opportunity I fell in love with fashion and once I decided to end my modelling career, I had clear that somehow, I wanted to continue linked to the industry.
My first job after modelling was as a sales assistant for an important supplier. I quickly started growing professionally into other roles in the company such as leading design teams, implementing production offices overseas and finally managing a complete design & sales department.
I have obtained my professional experience over the last 14 years working for several different companies in different roles, with the common denominator between them all; the same long list of very demanding customers in the industry like Inditex, Mango or Tendam. I also have the network and the manufacturing experience in production regions like China, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Turkey.
Thanks to the know-how obtained over the years I have now the sensibility to understand the needs of buyers, designers & and manufacturers.