Ágatha Ruiz de la Prada


Águeda Isabel Ruiz de la Prada y Sentmenat, 12th Marchioness of Castelldosríus, 29th Baroness of Santa Pau, GE better known as Agatha Ruiz de la Prada is a Spanish fashion designer and aristocrat.

Biography

Ágatha entered fashion in 1981 with her women´s collection in Madrid. She opened her first studio in the Spanish capital and began to participate in fashion shows in Madrid and Bardeoelona. Agatha was a promoter of the “Movida Madrileña,” an artistic and Cultural Revolution in the 1980s.
Commercial success came with her partnership with El Corte Inglés. She started to gain international recognition by means of her fashion shows in Spain, France, Italy, Colombia, USA, Puerto Rico, Santo Domingo and exhibitions in Tokyo, New York, Paris, Moscow and Bucharest.
In 1991, Agatha licensed her brand, expanding her line to include men's, women's and children's fashion, ceramics, toys, shoes, linens and towels, make-up and more. Her stores are located in Madrid, Barcelona, Paris, Milan, New York, Oporto and Mallorca and she is present in over 140 countries around the world. This year, in occasion of the 30th Anniversary of her first fashion show, she inaugurated her .
Her perfumes belong to Puig company.

Personal life

She had a relationship Pedro J. Ramirez and they have two children, Tristán and Cósima. In 2016 they separated, three months after their marriage in Madrid. They divorced in 2017. Her daughter, Cósima Ramírez always wears Agatha Ruiz de la Prada's design when attending public and private events.