Tag: Angel Sanchez

Angel Sanchez – A Venezuelan Powerhouse

To stand out in the fashion industry is quite difficult, but to keep going season after season is even harder. Yet Angel Sanchez, with 25 years in the business, is still pushing for round after round. In his long career he has dressed everyone from the top Venezuelan pageant winners, to countless blushing brides, and celebrated faces known around the world.

story and photography by Bonnie Rodríguez
makeup by Veronica Barrera
styling by Bryan Bravo and Taylor Anthony
model Angela Carbone
photographer’s assistant Qingjian Meng

To stand out in the fashion industry is quite difficult, but to keep going season after season is even harder. Yet Angel Sanchez, with 25 years in the business, is still pushing for round after round. In his long career he has dressed everyone from the top Venezuelan pageant winners, to countless blushing brides, and celebrated faces known around the world.

Resaltar en el mundo de la moda es difícil, pero aun más difícil es mantenerse colección tras colección. Angel Sanchez cumplió sus 25 años de carrera y está hambriento por más. En su larga trayectoria ha vestido a misses venezolanas, incontable cantidad de novias, e incluso celebridades conocidas alrededor del mundo. Continue reading “Angel Sanchez – A Venezuelan Powerhouse”

Angel Sanchez – Fall 2011 Bridal – New York

For his Spring 2011 Bridal collection, Mr. Sanchez used a touch of technology and his structural skills to create a dozen white and off white gowns, (and one incredible cocktail dress), which all possessed a beautiful fit from the waist up and lovely body to the floor.

story by Seth Friedermann
photos by Sandy Ramirez

Context is an overwhelmingly powerful experience. The human mind organizes things constantly of its own accord and when something triggers a preexisting context all further thoughts will be informed and shaped by the context without the owner of said mind even knowing that it’s happening. Want an example? Wedding dress. See, you already have a picture in your head. To read the words is to have an instant expectation as well as dozens of other associated thoughts. The reaction of a fashion designer to bridal wear is another matter entirely. The challenge of that wheelbarrow full of expectations is in large part the biggest obstacle in designing bridal gowns. Imagine that you’re going to create 10 to 20 white or off white dresses two times a year for the next two decades and they all have to feel fresh and different but still be sellable. Does that sound enjoyable, feel like making that you life’s work? It’s no wonder that many designers will running screaming at the thought of doing bridal, yet for others it is a life’s passion. Angel Sanchez splits his heart between beautiful bridal couture and stunning evening wear and his been sending his creations for the betrothed down the runway since 1999. He is a master at meeting the expectations of bridal wear while still experimenting and growing his art in each new collection. Continue reading “Angel Sanchez – Fall 2011 Bridal – New York”