The fashion designer Elio Berhanyer, from Córdoba, has called it a day after more than 50 years in the trade, the financial crisis and a difficulty adapting to the new Spanish fashion trends being widely cited as the reasons for the closure of his business.
Elio Berhanyer, now in his eighties, has designed for such people as Ava Gardner, Cyd Charise and Queen Sofia during his long and illustrious career.
Insiders are quoted as saying that Berhanyer has been unable to adapt to modern Spanish trends for some time now and his financial backers became disillusioned. Last week he was evicted from his workshop due to non-payment of rent and it is said that some of his staff have not been paid for several months.