John Miranda Márquez
A
hero
of
silence
He is a talented designer with energy who knows the advantages of prudence and discretion. He is a simple, deep and sensitive person, who knows what he wants and where he is going. He has earned the place he has waited for with patience and work. But for the moment, he continues chasing dreams among fabrics and interpreting the world around him, being an spectator of life and creating dresses that, as the poet said, smile when a woman smiles.
- Acid green, and silhouettes with zipper.
- Colorful designs to impact everywhere.
- Long dresses that let the skin be seen in strategic places.
- Faux furs that are seen today in all the world's catwalks.
John Miranda Márquez is an, architect-designer, or better, a designer-architect because he became the first after having studied the second due to the lack of a fashion design school in Medellin at the time he wanted to study it. After graduating in architecture, he left for Italy, where he studied at the Istituto Secoli of Milan.
Since his return he has worked in haute couture in his own
workshop, he has participated in
different fashion shows; in the Bayer dralon contest; has dressed beauty queens for large
national and international beauty contests; he has taught; an has earned
awards, like "Tiempos de oro"
(Golden Times) for best evening dresses. He has designed
unique and impactful collections for textile industries like DuPont from Colombia (today Invista)
and Coltejer, who have both stolen the show in the past in the Colombiamoda
and Colombiatex fairs; He has been a judge in different fashion and beauty events, and he has glowed, but leaving aside pretensions and delusions of grandeur.
He bases his work on global trends, but always tries to infuse his personal seal to his work.
He is a comprehensive and highly versatile designer, not set into predictable styles, this is perhaps his greatest strength. He exerts his trade in a responsible manner; and for this reason these years he has been going through a phase of experimentation and maturation; he has been prudent and has waited to appear with impactful proposals in the right places and at the right time, with the goal of becoming well known when he is rightly positioned. There are those who reach success based on audacity, but this does not apply to him, on the contrary he believes in creative and continuous work of quality and accessible prices for Colombian women.
His style is purist, minimalist, but definitely vanguardist. He is planning to launch a basic line of bathing suits under the name of Miranda Mare, with a defined creative concept and a focus on durability, using neutral colors as a base, and interchangeable collections with continuity. Designs that are the answer to what people are asking for, proposals that women who are uncomplicated, spontaneous, genuine, complex-less, modern and sensual are looking for.
John Miranda dreams of dressing Naomi Campbell. With the talent that characterizes him on the catwalks he considers that black models add a beauty and exotic touch to any designer's collection. When it comes to fabrics he is in love with chiffon, which he considers to be sensual, soft, and exquisite. In terms of colors he prefers purple. If he had the opportunity of adding a pattern to fabric he would choose one inspired on Botero's paintings.
He bases his work on global trends, but always tries to infuse his personal seal to his work.
He is a comprehensive and highly versatile designer, not set into predictable styles, this is perhaps his greatest strength. He exerts his trade in a responsible manner; and for this reason these years he has been going through a phase of experimentation and maturation; he has been prudent and has waited to appear with impactful proposals in the right places and at the right time, with the goal of becoming well known when he is rightly positioned. There are those who reach success based on audacity, but this does not apply to him, on the contrary he believes in creative and continuous work of quality and accessible prices for Colombian women.
His style is purist, minimalist, but definitely vanguardist. He is planning to launch a basic line of bathing suits under the name of Miranda Mare, with a defined creative concept and a focus on durability, using neutral colors as a base, and interchangeable collections with continuity. Designs that are the answer to what people are asking for, proposals that women who are uncomplicated, spontaneous, genuine, complex-less, modern and sensual are looking for.
John Miranda dreams of dressing Naomi Campbell. With the talent that characterizes him on the catwalks he considers that black models add a beauty and exotic touch to any designer's collection. When it comes to fabrics he is in love with chiffon, which he considers to be sensual, soft, and exquisite. In terms of colors he prefers purple. If he had the opportunity of adding a pattern to fabric he would choose one inspired on Botero's paintings.
When it comes time to designing, he loves to do it in a place full of light and cleanliness, his studio has few elements: something he does not give up is having some sort of contact with nature and he looks for a chromatic dose in fabrics and color palettes. He prefers silence to music and if he has to choose he would go for jazz or any other music that has trumpet sounds.
- The long coats are imposed in the world; here appears at the Miranda Couture style.
Dressing up his own house
When it comes to defining the style he wants to live in, he leans to an eclectic mix that combines retro elements with high tech designs. He loves the predominance of black, white and gray with bright color accents. In terms of art, he prefers sculptures and loves original ones, especially those of Botero. He hates copy-cats and prefers having a white wall if he cannot have an original piece.
He dresses up the dining table with wooden placemats and black china. He loves the main bedroom to be minimalist with a low bed and a sleek and modern television.
Playing a word association game he relates the word vanguard with: the combination of white and black, orange and green hair, virtual reality fashion shows, flying cars and a hundred years of solitude with the temporary fantasy it deals with.
When it comes to international fashion designers, he loves Armani because he is aware of the the implicit difficulty that involves making something beautiful and simple. Moschino also deserves his admiration because he knows how to bring humor to his style. Among the Colombian models he likes to work with the most are Tuti Barrera because of her style and Bianca Arango because of her silhouette.
His life dream would be to be nominated for best designer of a period film such as Braveheart and Gone with the Wind, or an Almodóvar one because of his unique and irreverent style.
In terms of teaching, which he practices daily at the Escuela de Diseño Proyectual de Medellín, he considers fundamental to teach students to be resourceful and visionary, to acquire sensibility to face anything that might come their way.
He thinks that creativity consists of giving oneself the liberty to structure and he thinks this is a duty in any discipline. He considers that one is born with it but that the processes to achieve a good design can be taught. He thinks that Colombian fashion can further develop its own style and that it can compete in an open market with creativity.
Even though he is a discreet and solitary person who enjoys solitude, it has been impossible for him to escape fame. He has earned fans of his designs based on his own talent, keeping his simplicity and never chasing a status of vedette. John Miranda has definitely caused a loud roar with little noise, imposing himself as a true hero of silence.
- By Catalina Restrepo K.
- Taken from AXXIS Magazine
- Photographer: Efren Isaza Morales
- Models: Danyluz Meza, Bianca Arango, Tuti Barrera.
