Roberto Verino

Manuel Roberto Mariño was born on 3 May 1945 in the Spanish town of Verín. He used the name of his birthplace (Verín) to create his artist name (Verino). He studied at the Beaux-Arts de Paris. He returned to Spain to take the succession of his family's clothing business. In 1982, he launched his first women's ready-to-wear collection.{{Cite web |title=Roberto Verino. Noticias, fotos y biografía de Roberto Verino |url=https://www.hola.com/biografias/roberto-verino/ |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=hola.com |language=Spanish}} He sold his family business to El Corte Inglés and opened his first eponymous store in Madrid in 1992, launching his first perfume the same year.{{Cite web |last=Muñoz |first=Rafael |date=2023-03-22 |title=Roberto Verino, más de 40 años coleccionando aniversarios, premios y éxitos |url=https://www.rtve.es/television/20230322/roberto-verino-disesnador-cumple-76-anos-pasarela-desfile-acme-vino/2088509.shtml |access-date=2024-01-12 |website=RTVE.es |language=es}} He signed distribution deals with Harrods and Saks Fifth Avenue.

In 1998, he cofounded the Asociación de Creadores de la Moda de España.{{Cite web |title=Roberto Verino, condecorado con la Medalla de Oro al Mérito en las Bellas Artes {{!}} Yo Dona |url=https://www.elmundo.es/yodona/2008/10/16/moda/1224169618.html |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=www.elmundo.es |language=es}}{{Cite web |date=2017-02-25 |title=Roberto Verino: The Influential Spanish Fashion Designer You Haven't Heard Of |url=https://theculturetrip.com/europe/spain/articles/profile-roberto-verino-madrids-trendiest-fashion-designer |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=Culture Trip |language=en}} In 1999, with the fashion designers Jesús del Pozo, Ángel Schlesser and Antonio Pernas, he started a boycott of the Pasarela Cibeles fashion competition (now Madrid Fashion Week) for "cronyism and lack of criteria". The designers decided to show their collections on their own, without the leverage of the Pasarela Cibeles.{{Cite news |last=Pérez |first=Gervasio |date=1999-01-13 |title=Verino, Jesús del Pozo, Pernas, Lomba y Schlesser abandonan la Pasarela Cibeles |url=https://elpais.com/diario/1999/01/13/cultura/916182004_850215.html |access-date=2024-04-23 |work=El País |language=es |issn=1134-6582}} He came back to Cibeles in 2002.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.rtve.es/play/videos/fue-noticia-en-el-archivo-de-rtve/los-disenadores-disidentes-firman-la-paz-2002/686531/ |title=Fue noticia en el Archivo de RTVE: Los disidentes firman la paz {{!}} RTVE Play |date=2020-05-26 |language=es |access-date=2024-04-23 |via=www.rtve.es}}

His legacy work was exhibited at the Museo del Traje in 2007 and at the Gabarron Foundation in New York in 2008.{{Cite web |date=10 September 2010 |title=25 años de Roberto Verino |url=https://www.elmundo.es/yodona/2010/09/10/moda/1284115028.html |access-date=2024-01-12 |website=www.elmundo.es |language=es}}{{Cite news |last=Paschal |first=Jan |date=6 March 2008 |title=Roberto Verino brings his Spanish style to New York |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN05638818/ |access-date=26 March 2024 |work=Reuters}} In 2009, he designed the Getafe CF's night suits worn by the team on special events.{{Cite web |date=2009-10-22 |title=Roberto Verino presenta una equipación ”moderna y elegante” para el Getafe |url=https://www.lainformacion.com/deporte/roberto-verino-presenta-una-equipacion-moderna-y-elegante-para-el-getafe_qyppsNsYRRptqC8SNlvm82/ |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=La Información |language=es}} In 2010, he designed a Coca-Cola Light bottle to celebrate the brand's 25th anniversary.{{Cite web |date=2010-07-01 |title=Roberto Verino viste a la Coca-Cola más coqueta |url=https://www.vigoalminuto.com/2010/07/01/roberto-verino-viste-a-la-coca-cola-mas-coqueta/ |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=Vigo al minuto |language=es}}

Roberto Verino is also a viticultist, owner of the domain Terra do Gargalo in the Monterrei (DO) since 1998.{{Cite web |last=Eirexas |first=David Glez |date=2016-07-20 |title=Terra do Gargalo: la búsqueda de la excelencia en el vino |url=https://www.campogalego.es/terra-do-gargalo-la-busqueda-de-la-excelencia-en-el-vino/ |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=Campo Galego |language=es-ES}}

His company opened an office in Mexico in 2016, and started to expand throughout Latin America in 2019.{{Cite web |title=La española Roberto Verino entra en seis nuevos países de Latinoamérica en 2019 |url=https://www.modaes.com/empresa/roberto-verino-se-vuelca-en-latinoamerica-entra-en-seis-nuevos-paises-en-2019-es |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=www.modaes.com |language=es}} In 2021, he conceded the creative direction of his company to his daughter Cristina Mariño, and the executive management to Dora Casal, thus taking a step back from day-to-day operations.{{Cite web |date=2021-10-22 |title=Roberto Verino, tras ceder el testigo a su hija Cristina: «Esto no es una retirada, yo voy a seguir trabajando hasta los 98» |url=https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/yes/2021/10/23/retirada-seguir-trabajando-98/0003_202110SY23P2992.htm |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=La Voz de Galicia |language=es}}

In a 2002 collection, Verino used flower motifs borrowed from Georgia O'Keeffe.{{Cite news |last=Salas |first=Roger |date=2002-09-12 |title=Roberto Verino sorprende con un desfile lleno de sensualidad y sugerencia |url=https://elpais.com/diario/2002/09/12/cultura/1031781607_850215.html |access-date=2024-04-23 |work=El País |language=es |issn=1134-6582}}

• 1992: Aguja de Oro for best Spanish designer{{Cite web |title=Roberto Verino conquista Nueva York |url=https://www.elimparcial.es/noticia/5909/tendencias/roberto-verino-conquista-nueva-york.html |access-date=2024-01-12 |website=El Imparcial |language=es}}
• 2001 : Man of the Year, fashion designer category, by Spanish GQ
• 2008: Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts

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Category:1945 births

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Category:Spanish fashion designers