At the beginning of the twentieth century, Calixte and Anastasie Lartigue founded in the small town of Oloron-Sainte-Marie, in the French Basque Country, one of the region’s first weaving workshops. Since then, four generations of weavers have been in charge of keeping this tradition alive. A […]
Read More
In May of 2017, the BASQUE LUXURY MAGAZINE team had the opportunity to meet Hubert de Givenchy in person at the Balenciaga Museum of Getaria. In that talk, he emphasized the manual work of the craftsmen who make accessories. One year later, after the death of […]
Read More
The Swiss watchmaker Pablo Beiner arrived at San Sebastian in the nineteenth century, attracted by the booming, cosmopolitan vibe of the coastal capital city. He began his career at Relojería Suiza Jewelers, which was the provider for the Royal Household of Spain. Queen Maria Christina, Alfonso […]
Read More
Gastronomy is one of the most rooted cultural pillars in the Basque Country. The know-how of the region’s chefs, which stems from continuous experimentation, has given rise to the “New Basque Cuisine” – a milestone that is not based solely on culinary creations, but also on […]
Read More
It was in Paris, while walking through the Marché aux Puces, that the publisher Juan José Izquierdo found a copy of ”The Burial of the Count of Orgaz”, illustrated by Pablo Picasso. And, in that way, he discovered the perfect link between two of his greatest […]
Read More
Everyone has one. They’re one of those things that have been with us for thousands of years and have hardly changed in appearance. They’ve been used for centuries to protect against the sun and the rain. That is well known at Ezpeleta, an umbrella company located […]
Read More
The Montiel jewelry shop of Pamplona was inaugurated in 1963 by Gonzalo Fernández Montiel and his wife, Dory de Prado. For more than five decades, Montiel has been a champion of high quality and exclusivity, with its own collection and an enviable selection of watches and […]
Read More
“Donostia bat bakarra munduan” (“There is only one San Sebastian and it is unique in all the world”) is a verse from the famous march composed by Raimundo Sarriegui and Serafín Baroja in the nineteenth century – a march that is today a symbol of the […]
Read More