Andrés Sardá is a Spanish lingerie brand created by

Andrés Sardá Sacristán Andrés Sardá Sacristán (1929 – 15 September 2019) was a Spanish textile engineer, fashion designer, and creator of the lingerie brand Andrés Sardá. He was born into a family that had been dedicated to the Catalan textile industry since ...

. Today, Sarda's daughter, Nuria Sardá, is creative director of the brand. The brand has a store located in Madrid, on Don Ramon de la Cruz Street, and over 400 multi-brand points of sale, with a greater presence in

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. Andres Sardá designs are known internationally for having contributed to the field of lingerie technology with the innovation of adding Teflon, Nylon, and Lycra to his products. Since 2000, Andrés Sardá designs are present in the Pasarela Cibeles, and, previously in 1996, at the Pasarela Gaudi.

History

The company was founded in 1962 by Andres Sardá and the brand in 1980. At the time of the creation of the company, the pieces of underwear were made with an almost sole focus of orthopedic functional criteria, regardless of aesthetics. In 1965, Sardá began exports to

with clients such as Galeries Lafayette and Printemps. In 1970, Sardá expanded the range of products by adding swimming clothes. In 1995, Nuria Sardá, his daughter, who was the manager of the prestigious Eurocorset boutique, joined the design team led by Andrés Sardá. Currently, she is in charge of creative direction. The group

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bought Eurocorset SA, owner of the trademark Andrés Sardá, with the agreement that the family Sardá would still create the collections and would keep the headquarters of operations in

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. In 2024, the brand was renamed 'Sarda'.

References

External links

Official web page of Sarda
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