Sybilla

Sybilla was born in New York in 1963. In 1983, she began her career as a fashion designer in Madrid, creating the brand Sybilla, distinguished by its elegant, flattering, and sensual shapes and colors. Her innovative style, combined with the classical values of craftsmanship, brought haute couture standards into the prêt-à-porter market.

In 1986, following her first appearance at the Gaudí Fashion Show in Barcelona, she collaborated with the Italian company Gibó, which propelled her international reputation. At the same time, she developed accessory collections—shoes, handbags, hats, umbrellas—as well as knitwear, bed linens, and lingerie.

In 1991, she opened stores in Paris and Tokyo, becoming over the years one of the world’s most admired designers. In 1992, she continued her career exclusively in Japan, where her clothing and footwear collections were successfully marketed, while also launching fashion accessory lines such as watches, jewelry, and scarves. In 1993, she introduced her youth line Jocomomola to the Japanese market.

After a ten-year pause from fashion—during which she was actively involved in environmental projects and participated in special collaborations such as designing costumes for ballet and film—she worked with companies including Alessi, Santa & Cole, and Nani Marquina, and signed multiple licensing agreements.

She returned to fashion in 2013, receiving Spain’s Gold Medal in Fine Arts in 2014 and the National Design Award in 2015. In 2022, Madrid dedicated the first major retrospective of her work at the Canal de Isabel II gallery.

In 2024, she returns with “La Revuelta de Sybilla” (The Sybilla Uprising), a creative laboratory and experiment designed to reconnect with people and work hand in hand in the creation of garments. She also reopens her bridal and bespoke haute couture atelier and launches pop-up stores in Madrid, Mallorca, Ibiza, Mexico, and Miami.

Guillem Ferrer