GUiSHEM

GUILLERMO JOP, GUiSHEM CREATIVE DIRECTOR, WAS BORN INTO THE FASHION INDUSTRY. IN HIS NATIVE GUATEMALA, JOP'S FAMILY OWNS AND OPERATES A SUCCESSFUL TEXTILE MANUFACTURING BUSINESS. AT THE YOUNG AGE OF 17, JOP LEFT HIS ROOTS IN LATIN AMERICA AND MOVED TO NORTH CAROLINA TO ATTEND NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY AND RECEIVED A BSC IN TEXTILE AND APPAREL MANAGEMENT. JOP THEN DECIDED TO MOVE TO EUROPE AND OBTAIN A BA IN FASHION DESIGN FROM POLIMODA IN FLORENCE, ITALY. WHEN HIS GRADUATION COLLECTION "DIRTY CLOWNS," INSPIRED BY CIRQUE DU SOLEIL, WAS PRESENTED IN FLORENCE, HE RECEIVED A STANDING OVATION. HIS STUDIES CONTINUED WITH A POST-GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN INNOVATIVE PATTERN MAKING FROM THE PRESTIGIOUS CENTRAL SAINT MARTIN'S SCHOOL OF ARTS IN LONDON, ENGLAND. GUILLERMO HAS WORKED IN EUROPE AND NEW YORK CITY WITH DONNA KARAN, ZAC POSEN, LA PERLA AND MONTE TEXTIL. WITH HIS EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE INDUSTRY, GUILLERMO DECIDED TO VENTURE OUT ON HIS OWN CREATING GUiSHEM IN 2005. IN 2007, HE BECAME NYLONTEX INTERNATIONAL`S HEAD DESIGNER DESIGNING AND LAUNCHING JULIE FRANCE BODY SHAPERS INTO THE U.S. MARKET AND A YEAR LATER WORLDWIDE, WHILE STILL DESIGNING HIS CUSTOM-MADE GOWNS UNDER GUiSHEM. IN RECENT YEARS GUiSHEM HAS GROWN TO BECOME A MAJOR PART OF THE LATIN AMERICAN MARKET. THE GUiSHEM FOCUS HAS BEEN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CUSTOM-MADE GOWNS EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE LATIN AMERICAN MARKET. JOP'S DESIGNS INCORPORATE DRAPING AND INNOVATIVE PATTERN CUTTING FOR FASHION-FORWARD THINKING INDIVIDUALS. IN 2008 JOP DECIDED TO EXPAND AND CREATE HIS FIRST READY-TO-WEAR COCKTAIL AND EVENINGWEAR COLLECTION FOR FALL/WINTER 2009. THE INNOVATIVE DRAPING, PATTERN, AND CUTTING TECHNIQUES USED FOR HIS CREATIONS ARE WHAT GIVE HIM AN EXQUISITE DISTINCTION. HE HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL, GAINING RECOGNITION AND NUMEROUS AWARDS INCLUDING: LA PERLA IN 2004; MERCEDES-BENZ AND VOGUE REGIONAL LATIN AMERICAN FASHION AWARD IN 2005; AND IN CENTRO AMERICA MODA AS THE BEST CENTRAL AMERICAN YOUNG DESIGNER IN 2007. HE HAS ALSO BEEN INCLUDED IN GUATEMALA`S TOP 10 PEOPLE OF THE YEAR IN BOTH 2007 AND 2008. JOP LAUNCHED GUiSHEM IN THE U.S. MARKET FOR FALL/WINTER 09. GUiSHEM IS CREATED FROM FINE FABRICS TO TECHNICAL AND INNOVATIVE FABRICS FEATURING SPECIAL DETAIL WITHIN EACH UNIQUE PIECE. HIS EVENINGWEAR COLLECTION "FALL/WINTER 2009" IS COMPRISED OF A JEWELED COLOR PALETTE OF ONE AND TWO-TONE COUTURE DRESSES AND GOWNS. HIS DRESSES HAVE SINCE BECOME A STYLIST FAVORITE FOR RE