Raquel Allegra
Carlos Alberto Marquez Valadez is a seasoned fashion designer with extensive experience in the industry. Marquez Valadez has been with Raquel Allegra since June 2016, overseeing the entire design process and ensuring the alignment of creativity with market trends and consumer needs. Prior to this role, Marquez Valadez worked as a fashion designer at Aritzia, where responsibilities included creating designs for clothing and accessories while considering brand positioning. Earlier in the career, Marquez Valadez served as a fashion illustrator at Calvin Klein, where duties included leading a design team and managing fabric selection. Marquez Valadez also held the position of assistant designer, focusing on design development tasks. Educational qualifications include a Bachelor's degree in Arts and Visual Culture from Columbia University and a Master's degree in Creative Design and Drawing from National Taiwan University.
Raquel Allegra
Raquel Allegra is a California-based apparel & fashion company Raquel’s design career grew naturally with the origination of a full length webbed cocoon shapes evolved out of laborious experiments with oversized vintage tee’s recycled from the Los Angeles County Prison System. She continues to be inspired to create pieces imbued with Elevated Comfort for strong women of all ages and different walks of life. The RAQUEL ALLEGRA label is carried in more than 200 retail locations around the globe. In June 2016 she opened her first flagship store in Los Angeles. Each one of our tie dye pieces is individually hand tied and dyed locally in Los . Angeles. We are also proud to support the CanopyStyle campaign to protect ancient and endangered forests during our fabric choice selection.