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Imbedded
in the heart of the Caribbean – the Valle de Santiago,
Dominican Republic- our firm focus is on investment and
consultancy services directly linked to Apparel
Manufacturing. Our goal is to facilitate the needs of an
array of clients in the following areas:
Apparel
Manufacturing
Consultancy
Apparel Import and Distribution
At Liro
Investments we are not reinventing the wheel; we’ve put
together our resources in order to make your experience
a smooth and trial-error free process, in any of the
previously mentioned areas. Our business concept evolves
from the expertise of each one of our strategic partners
in every step of the course; hence, we are not guessing
our way through it, we’re executing based on our track
record and proven experience. And you do not have to
deal with 5 different companies at once in order to
accomplish your specific goal.
Our History
In January 1991 the wheels began to move for what would
become Liro Investments 10 years later. Robledo E.
Aybar moves to New York from Dominican Republic to
begin his university education. Because of the sudden
death of his father he is not able to enroll in his
preferred U. of Miami and destiny takes him to Fashion
Institute of Technology (FIT), where he enrolls in
Continuing Educations courses until he is able to
transfer later to his Alma Mater. Indiana Aybar,
Robledo’s mother an experienced seamstress develops a
Couture Shop in the Heart of the New World’s capital,
Santo Domingo along with the support of her friend and
Virginia Dalmau, owner of Casa Virginia, the premier
luxury goods shop in the Island of Hispaniola.
Robledo’s goal was to be able to create a firm that
could foster growth in the Free Zone that had been
taking strength in the Dominican Republic; however, this
was an easy task to achieve overnight. In any case,
while working on his graduation project in 1996, and
given his mothers ties and involvement in the Fashion
Industry, Robledo conceived the idea to install a
textile corporation integrated in such way that it could
offer to its clients a complete productive process,
starting with the development of the product, selection
and acquisition of raw material, cut, sew and finish up
to the delivery of the final product, all with the
highest quality standards of our clients. He returned
home to work for financial corporations, but let aside
his dream in the fashion business.
While Robledo is finishing his schooling in Miami, FL
Rosagna Hernandez and Joel Diaz, two fellow
Dominicans are in the forefront of the fashion business
in NY. Teamed up with fellow Chavonero, they create a
couture clothing line for women: Nahayo & Cutupu. Both
WWD and the New York Times immediately noticed Rosagna’s
architectural structures. Its premier season was
immediately picked up by Henri Bendels, Barney’s & Saks.
At this time, Rosagna and Joel where utilizing Indiana
Aybar’s seamstress services to create there lines. Thus,
the relationship between the Rosagna, Joel and Robledo
begin to develop. They were the most influential people
for the project, given their involvement in the
forefront of the business and their need of the “back
office”.
In the summer of 2001 Rosagna and Robledo meet after
some 5 years in a Shopping Mall in Santiago and thus
begun to develop the idea of what today is Liro
Investments and Midlands Continental
(
http://www.midlandscontinental.com )
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