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Antonio De Torres / Creative Director

Antonio De Torres a.k.a. Luis Antonio Torres, III (born 1976) is the creative director and co-founder of Antonio De Torres Menswear Atelier, a company which he co-founded in 2008 with his partner Ly Gia Nghia in which he designs and manufactures luxury suits, fine apparel, sportswear, exotic apparel, and bespoke shoes. He is also the co-founder of ADT Interior Design Atelier located in Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam, where he also designs luxury interiors, architecture consulting and furniture design. [1][2] He was raised in Newport Beach California and currently (in 2003) lives in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Education and Career

Antonio graduated from University of California San Diego in 1999. Discovering his love and passion for Japanese culture and language, he decided to study overseas in Japan to refine his Japanese language skills at TLJ Tokyo Japanese Language Institute in (1996 - 1997). He later entered the foreign study abroad program at Waseda University where he studied as an international student consecutively.

Upon completing his studies in Japan, he returned home in 1998 to begin his career in fashion with Christian Dior. At Christian Dior, he decided to get wet into the field of retail sales and management to become familiar with the couture house and the interworking of the front end business at the luxury world of LVMH. At Dior, he was revered as one of the top couture sales advisors in the region for his age, and grew a muti-million dollar client book within a year from his start. LATIMES

After his stint at Dior, he decided to move to the hottest fashion brand at the time and decided to work for Gucci, during the Tom Ford Era as a menswear specialist. After his career at Gucci, He was head hunted to work with Giorgio Armani as a menswear specialist in made to measure. This would be the last retail based job he would work besides his own.

After concluding at GA, Antonio was recruited to work for a start-up company in South Pasadena called POSH hand tailored founded by James Macpherson. The company focused on producing sartorial hand made in america shirts which at the time was the only American Manufacturing company that was producing such products. Antonio was appointed National Sales director of POSH Hand Tailored and grew accounts with retailers and tailors such as Alan Flusser, Dominico Spano, Bergdorf Goodman, Wilkes Bashford, Maloufs, Neiman Marcus, Saks, Paul Stuart, Lisa Klien, Nordstroms, James Perse, Barneys New York, Loy & Ford and many others.

POSH closed in 2002 due to lack of financing from the major shareholders. In the fall of 2002, Torres made his first trip to Vietnam to resource opertunities in outsourcing American & Japanese brand production into Vietnam. In early 2003, he and his former partner Suresh Bhatia, opened CMT Apparel Co. Ltd USA. Antonio was appointed Chief Rep. of the office in Ho Chi Minh City and grew his business until 2008 where Suresh and him ended their partnership mutually.

In the spring of 2008, he founded Massimo Ferrari an Italian menswear apparel boutique in Ho Chi Minh City, where he 1st launched his hand made works in shoes, suits, leather goods and apparel while continuing on to manufacture apparel for large offshore groups. Antonio was the co founder and designer of the Massimo Ferrari Brand. In 2015 Massimo Ferrari was rebranded to Antonio De Torres elevating the brand to an entirely new level of performance, product offering and credibility.

In 2013, Antonio and his business partners decided to separate the local retail brand and the offshore trading business, hence establishing The Golden Dragon Group in Vietnam & Universal Production Company Ltd. in Hong Kong. At golden dragon and universal productions HK Torres and his partners worked with brands such as Ital Style Japan, Aoyama Shoji, Marubeni, TSC the Suits Company, Universal Language, Tomorrowland, Ships, Beams, United Arrows, James Perse, Barneys Co op, La Miniatura kids couture, Orthodox, Diesel, NYDJ, Jim Thompson Thai Silk Company, and many other brands of note. In June of 2020, Golden Dragon & Universal Production Company Hong kong was wound down and officially closed due to the Covid-19 Pandemic.

In September of 2015, Torres was appointed as the guest creative director to work with one of Vietnam's oldest Tailoring Houses, Cao Minh, in charge of rebranding, improving quality and techniques, and redirecting the future direction of the house. He worked hand in hand with the owners and the family and with, Rice Creative Studios to develop and deploy the entire rebranding image. Antonio later appointed Thai Cong Interior Designer to create the flag ship store image of the brand in collaboration with Cao Minh to make his vision of the store something the market had never seen.

In 2019, Torres and his partner decided to diversify their apparel brand into the interior design sector. Torres & Ly set up a new division of their brand, Antonio De Torres Haute Interiors. He and his team currently design homes, villas, penthouses and hotel venues within Vietnam's Saigon southern region, Dalat Vietnam Mountain region, and Hanoi, Vietnam's Northern Region. Their Interior business continues to grow year by year and is considered a major part of their growing brand name and business.

As of 2015, Torres continues to head the luxury Menswear house and the interior design business, "Antonio De Torres" together with his partner Ly Gia Nghia.

Awards:

2017 Antonio De Torres Received the Ho Chi Minh City Retailer Award for Top 10 best boutiques in the city.

References:

Elle Man: https://www.elleman.vn/phong-cach/antonio-de-torres-noi-gi-ve-thoi-trang-nam-may-do-cao-cap-tai-viet-nam Mens Folio:https://mensfolio.vn/phong-van-doc-quyen-ntk-antonio-de-torres-kham-pha-hanh-trinh-xam-nhap-thi-truong-viet-nam/ The Bureau Asia: https://thebureauasia.com/2020/05/28/redefining-luxury-antonio-de-torres-haute-couture/ Luxuo: https://luxuo.vn/wedding/4-thuong-hieu-may-do-suit-le-cuoi-hang-dau-tai-viet-nam.html vietcetera: https://vietcetera.com/en/luis-antonio-torres-why-the-aspirational-dollar-in-vietnam-is-higher-than-ever VTV4: https://theshoesnobblog.com/massimo-ferrari- Shoesnob: review/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcmBWy7--uQ Interior daily: https://interiordaily.vn/2021/09/20/salamanca-villa-biet-thu-sang-trong-mang-hoi-tho-tay-ban-nha-i-kahn-atelier/