LOEWE has made new coats for the restoration department at the Prado Museum in Madrid. The garments are worn daily by the people who care for some of the museum’s most famous works, including Velázquez’s “Las Meninas” and Bosch’s “The Garden of Earthly Delights.”

The restorers describe them as second skins. LOEWE designed them with specific needs in mind. They had to be comfortable and durable. They had to use materials that would not reflect light onto painted surfaces. The pockets are larger and close securely, made from LOEWE leather, sized to hold longer brushes. The restorers need to lean over artworks without restriction.

The project continues a relationship between LOEWE and the Prado. In 2023, the LOEWE Foundation started “Writing the Prado,” inviting writers to respond to the collection and publishing their work with Granta in Spanish. The new coats mark another step.

Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez, LOEWE’s creative directors, visited the restoration workshop in 2025. They watched the restorers work and came away with respect for the skill and patience involved. The coats are their response, a gesture toward people whose work happens quietly behind the museum’s doors.

LOEWE will make new handcrafted coats for the team each year. The Prado opened in 1819 with a few hundred paintings. Now it holds the world’s most important collection of Spanish art. The work of keeping it that way continues daily, in silence, in these new coats.