Javier Barroeta Alta Costura

Your School of Fashion and Haute Couture in Bilbao

Specialize in the World of Fashion, Textile Design and Haute Couture.

Learn to create your own dresses and everything you want to know about the world of haute couture with the Javier Barroeta school.

With more than 40 years in the world of Haute Couture Javier Barroeta detects a lack of practical training in young designers and in 2015 he opens the doors of his Haute Couture School, a pioneer in the Basque Country.

In order to give continuity to their legacy, passionate about fashion and young designers from around the world, they learn each course their unique techniques under their creative direction, to specialize in the world of Haute Couture with an extensive training offer.

Why train in the fashion industry with the Javier Barroeta school?

• More than 2.5% of GDP: sector in continuous growth
• More than 19,000 companies: strategic sector in Spain in the Fashion industry
• Internships in the most prestigious companies both nationally and internationally
• International Recognition of one of the references of Haute Couture in Spain and professors who have worked for the main Fashion brands

School Values

• 100% practical training
• Modeling on Couture Mannequin
• Small groups
• Custom training
• Professionals of the Haute Couture and Design Sector
• Learn the history and methodology of the school
• 100% handmade sewing, unique training.

Our partners

Agreements with important companies to carry out internships.

History of the Haute Couture School

Javier Barroeta was born in Lemoa (Bizkaia, Basque Country), where his early vocation as a couturier led him to be a disciple of the best in his time, the master of haute couture Pedro Rodríguez. As part of his team in Madrid, Javier Barroeta learns for four years that he was the first in Spain to make parades on runways with mannequins. A very interesting couturier and an essential piece to understand the history of Spanish fashion. Today Javier is the continuator of a legacy he has made his own, developing his own technique perfected and enriched with his experience as a couture master during these 40 years.

In 1989 he founded what is now his haute couture house in Bilbao. It is in his workshop where he makes, presents his collections and pampers his clients. Over the years, it expands its Universe with the creation of wedding dresses, godmother dresses and guest dresses designed exclusively one by one. In turn, he creates his own line of pret-a-porter, semi-couture and high leatherworking "a thorough and emotional work where I work with feelings," explains Javier. Exquisite collections for special women.

Javier Barroeta detects a lack of practical training in young designers and in 2015 opens the doors of his Haute Couture School, a pioneer in the Basque Country. In order to give continuity to their legacy, passionate about fashion and young designers from around the world, they learn each course their unique techniques under their creative direction, to specialize in the world of Haute Couture with an extensive training offer.

Philosophy

This school is based on an artisan work where handwork and new technologies come together to train future fashion designers.

The philosophy of the Javier Barroeta Bilbao School is to transmit all the knowledge acquired throughout his career so that young designers have a mastery of the trade to be able to lead or be part of large teams or workshops

The official word comes from the term trade, Javier Barroeta firmly believes that the trade of Haute Couture must be transmitted so that quality and design remain the hallmark of future fashion designers.

Methodology

Javier Barroeta School of Fashion and Haute Couture proposes a workshop training where Sewing and Modeling on mannequins are essential.

Knowing that an artistic and design training are necessary to also train future creative The Javier Barroeta Bilbao Haute Couture School is based on 3 pillars:

• Modeling on dummy
• Handmade sewing
• Creativity and Design

All subjects complement and join each other, so that the student has a continuous training and dynamia dodne each section.

goals

The Javier Barroeta Bilbao Haute Couture School is founded with the aim of offering 100% practical training where students learn the techniques necessary to carry out different disciplines within the world of fashion.