Dolores Cortés

Dolores Cortés is the continuation of a family tradition of more than seventy years in the design and manufacture of women's swimwear, which dates back to a time before the existence of the current elastic fabrics, when the designer's mother, Dolores Cortés, designed these garments by hand in the 50s.

Picking up this tradition, Dolores Font Cortés began designing swimwear collections in the 1980s. The models are produced in her own workshop, adopting the name Dolores Cortés as the signature of her creations, in homage to her mother. Thus began a new stage, with the aim of assimilating the concept of fashion to the technical requirements of the product, creating innovative collections in which the swimsuit is a trend product.

After participating in various international fairs, Dolores Cortés began her career in the world of catwalks in 1999 at the Pasarela del Carmen (Valencia), and debuted at the Pasarela Gaudí in Barcelona with her swimwear collection for the summer of 2002. In 2007 she began her participation in the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid uninterruptedly until today. In 2008 she was invited to participate in the Gran Canaria Moda Cálida catwalk and in 2010, she also presented her collections at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim in Miami.

In 2012 the designer made the swimsuits for the National Synchronized Swimming Team, for the London Olympics.

In 2017 the company Dolores Font Cortés S.A was awarded the National Award for Small and Medium Enterprises in the Fashion Industry, presented by Her Majesty Queen Doña Letizia.

In 2021 the firm is in charge of the realization of the uniforms for the SO/Sotogrande Resort in Sotogrande belonging to the Anccor group.

Currently, Dolores Cortés creations are present in the national and international market through department stores and own stores.

Collection lines

“Every work of art is a statement that it has been made by one human being for another human being. Art is humanity made craft.” 

Designer William Morris and the Arts&Crafts movement have been inspiration for the 2025 Runway Collection. 

Taking nature as a starting point. Sinuous organic shapes, flowers and leafs intertwine with overlapping bird motifs. Liberty/Renewed inspired XS prints blend with vintage influenced maxi graphics, immersing us in a creative universe of contrasts. 

Pastel colour combinations create a surrealist atmosphere, merging the physical and digital boundaries. The combination of Black&White on color plans and ethnic prints with linear motifs is very important. Hand-made details in the form of brooches with coloured coating provide us a sophisticated atmosphere. 

The result: a balanced combination between functionality, shape and design.