 |
The Basi's family background in the textile
industry began in hte early 1940's when mercedes Sabi established the
original knitwear workshop in Barcelona. The small workshop mianly
specialised in producing carefully crafted knitwear in Scottish yarn
and this was sold to a number of top high quality Barceona clothing
stores.
In 1958, Mercedes Sabi’s sons, Josep and Armand Basi
took over the running of the company and succeeded in establishing the
first Basi factory producing high quality knitwear.
Since then
Basi has set out to meet the challenges of quality design and customer
service, competing at an international and national level, whilst
presenting it’s collections on catwalks around the world.
Armand
Basi is a Spanish fashion label famed for its jerseywerar and jacquard
knits. The collection includes a wide range of soft tailoring and
casual weekend wear which appeats to the young, urban independent man
and woman.
Today the label is designed by Juste de Nin, a member
of the Basi family and descendent of the writer Anais Nin and has
become synonymous with comfort, quality and style.
Juste de Nin,
the Creative Director and Managing Director, visualizes the Armand Basi
man and woman as modern, urban active, and independent with an air of
individuality and an eye for trends.
At present, Armand Basi sells in 20 countries worldwide. Distribution continues to grow due to the brands commercial success.
In
May 1995, the first Armand Basi store was opened in London. Following
this, Armand Basi has opened stores in Barcelona, Las Palmas airport in
the Canary Islands, Bilbao, Madrid, Puerto Banus, Baracaldo, Valencia,
Vigo, Murcia, and Benldorm. In November 2001 the second UK Armand Basi
store was opened in Birmingham. |
Flat Panel TVs
Shop by Brand
Your cart
Your Quotes
Recently Viewed
Help
Yahoo RSS
