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Enrique Marzal, Valencian Dressmaker to Royals, Stars, Dies at 84

Today’s visitation at the Tanatorio Municipal, with a mass scheduled tomorrow, honors a dressmaker celebrated for dressing Spanish royalty whose work safeguarded Valencian tradition.

Enrique Marzal, vistiendo de valenciana a Carmen Sevilla, en una imagen restrospectiva
Enrique Marzal, en una imagen de archivo
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Imagen de archivo del histórico indumentarista valenciano Enrique Marzal

Overview

  • Enrique Marzal passed away in Valencia on June 7 at age 84 after a six-decade career in traditional costume design.
  • He crafted Valencian dresses for three generations of the Spanish royal family, including Queen Letizia, Queen Sofia, Princess Leonor, Infanta Sofia.
  • Marzal played a key role in annual Valencian celebrations by designing attire for Fallas falleras, Corpus processions, the Reyes Magos parade.
  • The Gremio de Sastres y Artesanos de Valencia hailed him as a guardian of the craft whose work wove past into present with unwavering authenticity.
  • His family has opened a public visitation at the Tanatorio Municipal Saturday afternoon, with a funeral mass Sunday at 12:15 followed by cremation.