Teresa Helbig, National Fashion Award “for her long career and artistic quality”

2023-06-06 14:27:00

The designer Teresa Helbig (Barcelona, ​​1963) has been awarded the 2023 National Fashion Design Award granted by the Ministry of Culture and Sports, endowed with 30,000 euros. Oblivious to the fashions that come and go, Teresa Helbig, synonymous with good taste, craftsmanship and elegance in essence, has received this award for “a long career characterized by its innovative drive and the artistic quality of its work from its origins in the family business”.

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In the same way, the jury has highlighted “his work for the sake of training new professionals. The international relevance achieved by her work, her continuous dialogue with other arts and cultural industries, as well as, especially, her research, updating and incorporation of crafts into the most avant-garde lines of Spanish design, make her a recipient of this Award. ”.

The National Fashion Design Award rewards the meritorious work of the winner through a work that, in this creative field, has been made public during 2022 or, in duly motivated cases, a complete professional career over time. “A ‘Helbig woman’ never goes unnoticed”, this phrase is the motto of this meticulous designer.

She debuted as a designer for herself, with a curdled piece of more than 800 feathers, sewn one by one. A world that she discovered from a very young age, because her mother, also a seamstress and right hand in the firm, transmitted her love for fabrics and care for stitches. That flirtatious and showy dress of hers has led her to have her own signature, to create pieces that fall in love at first sight, garments full of details that are consolidated in exquisiteness and beauty.

In her creations, no dress is the same as the other, but they all contain chords of haute couture, to the rhythm of rock and roll and with a touch of rogue. In the exquisite sewing of the Catalan designer, her craftsmanship and quality stand out, a fact that has to do with her commitment to the environment and sustainability, her commitment to long-term pieces. Stars like Halle Berry or Zendaya have already dressed the creations of the award-winning designer who, with a small company, makes a product that gives great value to “savoir faire”, creating unique and special pieces.

Teresa Helbig, who is also among the favorites of young women who want to wear white to say “I do”, likes to call her designs “jewel-dresses”, precious pieces wrapped in a nocturnal or party halo. After Pedro Rodríguez, Pertegaz, Elio Berhanyer, Alfredo Caral and Adolfo Dominguez, this Catalan has been in charge of designing the latest Iberia uniforms worn by more than 6,000 airline employees around the world. Helbig is a regular on the main Spanish catwalk, the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid, and also on red carpets like the Goyas.