Isla Bonita Moda, a program for the development and promotion of the textile and creative sector promoted by the Cabildo de La Palma through the public company Sodepal, “reinforces its support for the sector by facilitating the professional internships of five students from the Manolo Blahnik School of Art in fashion and jewelry design companies ”, he indicated in a press release.
This action, he points out, framed in the specific collaboration agreement that was signed last year between Sodepal and the Manolo Blahnik School of Art, aims to contribute to providing specific knowledge, both theoretical and practical, through training in companies of the sector.
The CEO of Sodepal and insular head of Economic Promotion, Raquel Díaz, highlighted that these practices “will allow students to become more directly familiar with the sector, living the day-to-day of the companies of our Island, which are working intensely in the development of its new collections ”.
Díaz, noted in the note, “has emphasized” that from Sodepal, through the Isla Bonita Moda program, “we are actively working in the search for new strategies to support emerging talent who are studying at the School of Art. Manolo Blahnik ”, with the aim of being able to expand these training practices and encourage recent graduates to“ obtain a greater amount of knowledge related to the work environment related to this sector ”.
For her part, the director of the School of Art, Laura Santana, thanked “both Sodepal and the firms belonging to the Isla Bonita Moda program for the trust and firm commitment to young talents who will contribute in the near future to the professionalization of the fashion, accessories and jewelry sector on La Palma ”.
In this sense, Laura Santana stressed that these company practices “constitute an added value in the specialized training of students, complement their professional competence and promote an entrepreneurial spirit”.
Two of the students will carry out their internships with the jewelry firm Treading Colors, is added in the note, directed by Cristina Hernández, who studied at the Manolo Blahnik School of Art and who currently markets and promotes her collections nationwide thanks to the support of the Isla Bonita Moda program.
Two other students will have the opportunity to carry out their internships with the textile firms Diazar, directed by Jonathan Díaz; and Pomeline, directed by Ana Rodríguez.
A student will carry out her internship with the firm J&D, dedicated to headdresses and accessories and directed by Julia Brito.
Isla Bonita Moda: a project to support emerging talent on La Palma
From Sodepal, it is pointed out in the note, through the Isla Bonita Moda program, multiple actions and projects are articulated that aim to contribute to the development, support and professionalization of the emerging talent of La Palma in matters such as creativity, modeling, photography or textile and jewelry design.
“A great example of this work,” he adds, “are projects such as The Creative Factory, a space in which they can develop their potential with the support of the technicians of the insular plan of fashion and that has two areas: one configured for the development of fashion and jewelry productions and the other specialized in photography ”.
Another of the “relevant” actions in this regard is the contest La Palma Fashion Talent, an event developed within the framework of La Palma Fashion Week and which aims to promote the emergence of new values in fashion, jewelry and accessories design, as well as to support new talents in the creative and textile sector.
This contest, he points out, “which sports a renewed image, will reward sustainability and talent during 2021, valuing the implementation of sustainable or environmentally friendly raw materials as well as techniques such as upcyling.”
It indicates that “the promotion and professionalization of the talent of our island is completed with the support and professionalization of amateur models, who will have the opportunity to parade with the collections developed by the emerging creatives of La Palma and receive specific training in the field of catwalk and acting. After the celebration of La Palma Fashion Talent, the organization will choose the two profiles of models with the greatest projection, awarding them the award for the best Isla Bonita Moda 2021 model, which will allow them to make their way through an agreement with an important representation agency of models nationwide for a year ”.
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