The Master Matador Tailor
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- Опубліковано 15 тра 2017
- If you find yourself in the direct path of a charging 1,300-pound-bull, you had better be well dressed. That’s Antonio Lopez Fuentes’ philosophy. The Madrid-based tailor and owner of the Fermin Tailor Shop creates custom suits, or “trajes de luces” (literally “dresses of light”) for matadors. Fuentes’ is a family business that boasts 55 years of expertise in fashioning the finest handmade matador costumes. As you can imagine, each suit requires months of preparation, loads of material and no small amount of hard work. It's a tough job, but only the finest will do for the brave few in this death-defying profession.
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I can appreciate the beautiful artistry that goes into making these suits, even though I'm not a big fan of bullfighting itself...
Bzee10 I feel the same.
Bzee10 if
Snowflake
I think the dresses themselves and the artistry that goes into them are stunning and beautiful. However, I am very against bullfighting.
Dan Cho I feel the same.
Snowflake
I'm sure there's a lot of things Spain is against the U.S. is doing as well
Wish tailoring wasn't a dying trade. I'd kill to learn the art, but can't find an apprenticeship anywhere in the US. :/
Really man? Have you tried looking in the big cities, e.g. New York, Los Angeles, Beverly Hills? There are many fashion districts in SoCal.
Tailoring is actually pretty big here in NYC. Broadway costumes require a huge amount of talented tailors and seamstresses.
You have to follow the market tho. In New York, you have lots of fashion districts or you can tailor extravagant clothes for theatre, Broadway or off-Broadway. LA has Hollywood. So you'd expect lots of people looking for people to tailors the glam or tailor clothes for movies.
You can also go on a 'vacation' to the country where they can learn you this art. In japan you can train like a samourai as example if you aren't japanese because they have translators for you over there. If you dont have translators, learn a new language. We are here to learn more and more
Those "suits" must cost thousands to buy, I mean 7 people working at a normal pace to just make one? Also the detail and design that goes into them, they're flawless.
15,000 according to Spaniards I seen in other videos
I never noticed how sturdy and thick these garments are, always thought they were silk or something.
they have to be thick, as they can protect the matador's body from a deadly "cornada" some time, but the bull's horn can still pass through
It is armor after all
I don't care much about bullfighting. But what they do here is so beautiful!
I wonder if he designs and tailors custom toreador costumes for non-bullfighters. I think an embroidered one would be perfect for a wedding, red carpet or prom!
Its like a Haute Couture
Amazing Artist♥
When I was 8 I made my own bullfighter traje de luces for Halloween. People admired it very much because outside of the montero I had made not only a beautiful matador outfit, but a fabulous trick-or-treat bag with a drawing of Joselito in pastels on the front.
absolutely mesmerizing. I felt like I just peaked at something I wasn't supposed to know. Thanks.
Even though I'm somewhat against bullfighting, I definitely enjoy this video. The outfits are beautiful.
Snowflake
Fell in love with these jackets ever since Arca's Reverie video!
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These are beautiful. 😊
Thanks for sharing!
After watching this, I feel a sudden urge to read Hemmingway.
Beautiful
what an amazing person !
that bullfighter is cute as heck tho
Awesome
Woahh!
Ugh another thing making bullfighting such a beautiful dillema...
Cuando eres de España y aprendes inglés con los subtítulos.
Jajajaja, o en mi casi es el revés. Soy de Suecia pero crecía como un hablante nativo de ingles, pero lo usé este video como una practica para mejorar mi español de modo que no leí los subtitulos, solo escuché el audio :P
how to find him?
Cost per suit ?
I'm from Spain, where the bullfighting takes its origin, and I cannot believe how there is a lot of people that keep loving this atrocity.
some people just enjoy cruel atrocities for "entertainments" sake.
Have they never heard of a horror movie? It's ten times more thrilling and a lot less cruel
Payaséte, ni al caso la infame bribonáda que has comentado.
From what I've seen the bulls enjoy fighting too.
Where is this place? I want one.
The clothing was spectacular looking but I'm not in favor of the bull fighting that takes place after.
Fuentes....FUENTES!
*causally has a stroke*
All people disliking because because bullfighting, SLOILER:
They don't fight bulls, they make beautiful dresses.
they provide pretty clothes FOR people who torture animals. they are involved. if they and other companies surrounding this matter would turn their production into something else, the bullfights would end. they could start a rebellion against it, but as long as everyone involed in this, is ok with the torture and glorified death of a bull, it will never end.
PapayaStyle Do you think that stopping making clothes will stop bullfighting?
There's enough assholes in this world that can do anything to follow "the tradition"
I understand you, I hate bullfighting, but you can't say those clothes aren't gorgeous.
@@PapayaStyle "Torture?" The bull can and does fight back, so it's a fight. Torture is pain infliction for pain inflictions sake on a helpless, powerless victim.
@@allengordon6929 it's torture because the bull didn't chose to fight in the first place. it got put there for the sole reason that a man with weapons can slowly kill it in front of thousand people. this isn't nature, where a natural fight between animals is happening, it's a planned thing, forcing the bull to defend itself and then still die at the end, just for entertainment, no other reason
Did anyone notice the change of the human condition logo
the suit is beautiful..but the bullfighting is terrible and abusive to animal
REPOST: 1) It isn't glorifying bullfighting it is glorifying the work that goes into making these delicate dresses. 2) I think a lot of people are against it because they are not a part of the culture. In Span, it is seen and the ultimate sign of strength and is a very old art. It is very dangerous, which is why the matadors are veiled as superheroes. Plus they eat the bull afterward so, what makes this better than having someone else kill them in a slaughterhouse by slitting its throat so you can use them for meat?
stabbing for fun is so inhuman. why people so happy to see that bull suffering in pain for a long time, even thought you guys will eat it afterwards
Pls what makes it better than a slaughterhouse is that in a slaughterhouse an animal is killed straight away. Not stabbed with barbed sticks that won't come out and left in pain until finally having his throat slit. Cruelty is the difference. Culture doesn't make it okay.
animals that are destined for slaughterhouses treated horribly as well. their living conditions are absolutely terrible. i don't know what kind of lives the bulls have in spain, but animals in a slaughterhouse don't just suffer for a brief moment
@@IcyFlakas It's much better. They're quite pampered to get them strong, and they're specially trained to fight well.
can i make my wedding dress with that thing
Can these just become popular everyday outfits? I want to go to the Super Market in my elaborate bull fighters outfit
So... does the colour of the embroidery mean anything? Because I've been watching a few videos of bullfights out of curiosity and I've noticed some of them have black embroidery, some have silver, and some have gold. I'm guessing the gold indicates the matador but what do black and silver mean? Someone help this Britbong out
Fighting style, as described in the video. Aggressive fighters wear flashy colors, whilst technical fighters wear dark.
Full matadors typically wear gold. Novice bullfighters usually wear silver or gold. Banderilleros, the ones who assist the matadors, typically wear silver and black. There are no strict rules, and there are many exceptions, except that banderilleros cannot wear gold.
@@javiernr1176 Thanks for clearing that up! :D
They look like sgt.pepper but tighter
My respects from America. And whoever disagrees with this,
Put Up Or Shut Up. Whoever is against bull fighting and saying making dumb comparisons, like "they should fight naked, starved, and with no weapon." then ask yourself, when is the last time you looked the animal you've killed in the eye and given it a chance to kill you back? It's skewed in the Matador's favor of course, but his life is still on the line. Yours are not. So Put Up, Or Shut Up.
Haha, right, because it's completely necessary to even have the event in the first place.
Gotta kill a thing in somewhat even combat, that makes it better and more honorable.
What beautiful lies we tell ourselves to distract from ugly truths.
my belief is to kill an animal for food. nOt so you can pretend to be gallant and brave when all you're doing is waving around a cloth, waiting to impale the beast. There is no bravery or honor in this sport, it's all feigned. We're talking about a confused bull against a nimble human with a spear. There's no point in the game, just a foolish attempt to impress the masses. The only good part of the sport i when the player gets trampled or impaled by the bull. He had it coming.
They eat the animal afterwards so what is different from that and having them confined in cramped barns till it is there time to die, where their throats are slit and they are hung tp let all the blood out
Your human emotions say that throat slit + hung up = worse.
I don't agree with killing any animal, but bull fights are no better.
The bulls are kept in hot cramped pens with loud noises all around them, they are riled up and stressed out, then thrown into a ring where they are confused and impaled multiple times until they don't have the strength left to stand.
There is no honor in any of it. Honor is a pretty little lie you tell yourself so you don't have to truly deal with it.
Isn't put up and shut up the same thing??
Hey be honest who here likes bull fighting, like you like the sport, dont get mad just tell me. Me I like it and I think it's fun to watch and if I could I would do it.
I love how many comments are talking about bullfighting and why it's wrong. 1) this video isn't about that it is about the work that goes into the garments and 2) this really speaks to how disconnected Westerners are to the food they eat. So it is okay when they are killed in where you can't see so you can eat them but not in public? Animals that are kept in meat farms for our consumption are treated much worse. Cows are constantly kept in a state of pregnancy for milk production. Bulls and cows are given no space to roam and are killed mercilessly for their meat. Bulls for fights are kept healthy and in large farms (hardly ever more than 5 per barn). Their meat is given out to the audience after shows or prepared in a soup and given out. Next time you criticize bullfighting but down the hamburger and eggs first. At least these people have the audacity to look their food dead in the eyes before they kill it.
maybe the people commenting dont eat meat
Podrian hacer los trajes para exposicion en lugar de "armaduras" para matar animales predestinados a ello.
I appreciate what he does, those are really awesome piece of clothing but I do not support bullfighting.
great art but it's sad that people enjoy bullfighting which need to stop!
Ole
i can appreciate a good tailor, just not bull fighting.
am a big fan of bullfighting i would love to try it one day man this makes me so fucking happy good work spain and mexico
I'm early again :00
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This video makes it all look like a fine tradition yet in reality the bull fighthing it's such a horrible thing and there is not much bravery into bull fighting despite what they say.
you know this has been done since the middle ages, not in the current form but it truly has a long history.
salvador Canuto doesn't matter
salvador Canuto there's more bravery and art in bullfighting than just turning them into hamburgers.
yeah it is horrible. still, it's an important part of their culture.
1) It isn't glorifying bullfighting it is glorifying the work that goes into making these delicate dresses. 2) I think a lot of people are against it because they are not a part of the culture. In Span, it is seen and the ultimate sign of strength and is a very old art. It is very dangerous, which is why the matadors are veiled as superheroes. Plus they eat the bull afterward so, what makes this better than having someone else kill them in a slaughterhouse by slitting its throat so you can use them for meat?
are people of Spanish decent white? not trying to offend anyone, just curious
Yes.
North and Central Spain, yes. South, mixed with a bit of Arab and Berber.
bullfighting is the mother of all arts. QUE VIVA ESPAÑA!!
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i love the suit but not the sport...
when you like your own comment cause no one gonna like it.
Mighty Emman when you like your own comment of another comment cause no one gonna like it.
hahaha
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Im from Spain but I didn't know that dress a murderer is now considered some kind of art. Hopefully this medieval spectacle will end soon.
Borja Gallego it'll never end.
¡Detén tus vulgares gimoteos, estulto aneural!
Gratamente me place, el informarte que el Toreo, no es "un espectáculo medieval", pues éste se originó antes de la llegada de el Medievo. Y de ser, que por cierta superflua, insensata y paradigmática razón considerarás el término "medieval" como insulto, con inmoderada vehemencia te pido el que no emitas comentario alguno más, pues solamente te expones a ti mismo, al clamar semejante putrefacción tan paradigámtica.
Shameful
i get that it takes hard work and artistry to make the outfit, but when i look at it all i see are the sad cries of innocent animals brutally murdered for "entertainment"
They're not exactly "innocent" as they exist for the purpose. They're bred and trained to fight almost from birth. It's just as much their life as the matadors.
@@allengordon6929 I agree with your opinion.
Fuck bullfighting.
Anything associated with bullfighting should be promoted anywhere. It's a horrible tradition.
HAHA. Promoted? Isn't supossed that bulfighting it's "horrible"?
all thumbs down for this cruel sport
MAKE SPAIN GREAT AGAIN
you mean 71
Toni Mahoni 76 by now I think
Bullfighting is barbaric. I detest every part of it. Downvote for you.
This video is about a man who makes matador outfits. I think it's unwise to unlike it because you don't support bullfighting even though this video doesn't promote the sport?
The matador's clothing is a big part of the sport, and by making them, he's participating and tacitly approving it.
Seriously, there are bigger problems in the world of animal rights than bullfighting. Deforestation, desertification.....
How's about we all just enjoy life for a bit instead of COMPLAINING ABOUT IT?
REPOST: 1) It isn't glorifying bullfighting it is glorifying the work that goes into making these delicate dresses. 2) I think a lot of people are against it because they are not a part of the culture. In Span, it is seen and the ultimate sign of strength and is a very old art. It is very dangerous, which is why the matadors are veiled as superheroes. Plus they eat the bull afterward so, what makes this better than having someone else kill them in a slaughterhouse by slitting its throat so you can use them for meat?
downvoted because bullfigthing
Bjarke Rugsted i don't like bullfighting but I respect this man for his craft and mastery. This video isn't about bullfighting though.