He was born in Verín, Galicia. Roberto Verino has been linked to the world of fashion since he was a child, as his family owned a fur-making business.
As a young man his thoughts pointed to the world of architecture, but since he could not pursue this career, he studied Fine Arts in Paris and then returned to Spain to take over the family business, where he began with his first designs.
As he once stated: “… at that moment I realized that with this work all my maxims were fulfilled: to conceive in an architectural way a dress instead of a building …”
In 1982 she created her first women’s ready-to-wear collection under the name Roberto Verino.
A year later, she opened her first store in Paris, in the heart of Saint Germain, and participated in the Salon de Haute Couture for Women in Paris, the Milan Salon and the Monte Carlo International Linen Festival.
In 1984 he decided to perform on the catwalk Cybele, in Spain with its simple, minimalist, elegant and comfortable designs, which would walk through the well-known Madrid contest in repeated editions, except for a few years in which their disagreement with certain aspects of the organization led to their temporary withdrawal from it.
In 1988 he launched his young line, Erre uve dos.
It continues with its international expansion participating in competitions in Germany and Japan.
In 1992 he opened his first store in Madrid, and from this moment he began to diversify the products of his brand: accessories, fragrances and a bathroom line.
This same year he was awarded the ‘Golden Needle’, the highest award that the Spanish specialized press awards annually.
SIts natural raw materials and the sophisticated comfort that characterizes its garments are evident also in its men’s collections, which were released in 1997, along with glasses and other accessories.
In 1998 he founded, together with Jesús del Pozo, Antonio Pernas, Angel Schlesser and Modesto Lomba, the association of “Creators of Fashion from Spain.
In 1999 he accompanied the President of the Government, together with Jesús del Pozo and Antonio Pernas, to make the design and quality of the Spanish fashion and footwear industry known to the Russian market.
In 2002 he rejoined the Pasarela Cibeles with his Autumn-Winter 2002-2003 collection.
It currently has a total of 56 stores and is present in El Corte Inglés along with 47 Roberto Verino boutiques.
This designer, with a great international projection, has on his back a golden “Palmarés”. Three-time winner of the “T de Telva” award.
A Galician by vocation, his mouth fills up every time he talks about his Bodegas Gargalo, a field in which he has recently ventured: “I am very proud to have contributed to recovering the winemaking tradition of the denomination of origin of Monterrey, my homeland”.
Verino is first of all Galician, and then a designer. The business part, he leaves in the hands of his team, while he is in charge of creating the philosophy of the winery’s brand, and of “dressing the bottles”.
Like any designer, Verino plans to continue expanding its collections by creating lines based on accessories. It is planning to launch an independent collection that will include accessories that support a show.
It seeks to give life to its own line of bags, belts, shoes and purses, among many other things.
His philosophy lies in dressing “intelligent” men and women, who find added value in fashion. “… I do not want to dress fashion victims, but free, independent people, with criteria and ability to choose clothes with which they feel really comfortable, functional and seductive clothing in short ..” the designer has stated.