There is a false myth that the fashion sector is an elitist and unattainable world, reserved only for a few with a high economic level. However, fashion is much more than wearing a brand; it is the reflection of a historical moment, a channel of expression, and the mirror of our personality. Through her designs and her art, Regina Ferragut seeks to break these stereotypes to demonstrate that clothing is a powerful tool with which to transmit our emotions, our origin, and our destiny.
From the tuneras of Mala to the classrooms of Madrid
Raised in the northern town of Mala, the essence of Lanzarote —with its traditions and the untamed landscape of tuneras and cochineal— shaped Regina Ferragut's identity from childhood. Her academic journey began at IES Haría, but under the secondary school classrooms, an insatiable creative restlessness was already stirring within her.
What began as an adolescent game captured in sketch-filled notebooks soon transformed into a clear goal. With the courage of someone pursuing a dream, she moved to Madrid to study the Degree in Fashion Business Design and Management at the Rey Juan Carlos University. Four years of intense training consolidated what she had always known since she was a child: that design and art would be her way of understanding the world.
“For Regina Ferragut, fashion is not a frivolous display; under her gaze, clothing is dramatic art and garments act as performers on the catwalk.”
The dye of the land: the challenge of cochineal
Her great turning point came thanks to the Milana Association. The entity, led by Chana Perera in her tireless defense and conservation of cochineal, presented Ferragut with a major challenge: to create a collection based on the use of this natural dye so deeply rooted in Lanzarote's history.
The designer accepted with absolute certainty: her designs would not be simple clothes. Each garment would tell a story, each texture would have a reason, and each fashion show would be transformed into an artistic and sensory performance.
For Regina, fashion seeks to move the audience regardless of their origin, making the viewer identify and feel emotional just as they would before a good actor or an unforgettable melody.
Thus were born Mukanda, Media Lúa and Lágrimas de volcán, three unique collections presented on the most emblematic stages of Lanzarote, inaugurating a revolutionary way of understanding design on the island: the art of proudly weaving tradition and avant-garde.
The three crown jewels
Mukanda: The beginning of textile experimentation.
Media Lúa: The dialogue between the island landscape and forms.
Lágrimas de volcán: The consecration of natural dye on the catwalk.
‘Magua’: Arrecife’s urban canvas
Without ceasing to travel and absorb stimuli from the world to nourish her creativity, Regina's great challenge arrived in 2024. The Arrecife City Council entrusted her with a highly responsible mission: to design a commemorative collection for the 225th anniversary of the capital's founding.
In a perfect alliance with local creators such as the painter Iván T., the designer brought Magua to life. This groundbreaking proposal fused the rebelliousness of cowboy style with the painter's strokes to capture the purest essence of Arrecife: its emblematic corners, its seafaring roots, and the soul of its people.
The result was a resounding success that left no one indifferent, consolidating her vision of fashion as a living canvas and a step further in contemporary design.
One foot in the capital, the soul in the workshop
Currently, Regina resides in Madrid, where she is pursuing a Master's degree in Styling and Creative Direction while balancing her specialization with various projects in the fashion industry.
With an increasingly active presence on social media, the designer uses digital platforms as an ideal showcase to connect with a global audience. However, her umbilical cord with Lanzarote remains intact. Ferragut returns to the island every month and, in the intimacy and silence of her workshop, secretly shapes new proposals.
A silent avant-garde that promises to mark, once again, a before and after in the sector.
In short, Regina Ferragut's journey demonstrates that needle and thread can be as eloquent as words or music. By democratizing fashion and stripping it of its false elitism, the creator from Mala has managed to restore design to its purest function: to move.
Her collections remind us that dressing is, in reality, a way of narrating who we are, where we come from, and where we are going. While the public eagerly awaits her new confidential projects, one thing is clear: in Regina Ferragut's universe, fashion will never be a frivolous display, but an artistic heartbeat that beats with the indomitable strength of her own island.
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