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“ or me photography is a major art. Fashion is not” states Amaya Arzuaga. One of Spain’s most successful designers, she has shown at Barcelona, Madrid, Paris, New York and in 1997 became the first female Spanish designer to be chosen to take part in London Fashion Week. Her predilection for miniskirts, subtly accented sci-fi shoulders and enveloping 3D spirals continue to be seen in her new lines: AA pret-à-porter and AA Maille. Thanks to her work we have learned to appreciate the role of joints and volume in the creation of clothes, “Every season the shapes in my designs change. In the last one I was inspired by the chrysalis and the butterfly and the duality on the front and side.” These designs unveiled during the Cibeles Madrid Fashion Week spring/summer 2011 offer urban and daring designs based around geometry and weightlessness.