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Rotelpa owned Oky Coky, which dressed Queen Letizia — textile firm filed for liquidation

Vigo-based Rotelpa, parent of Oky Coky that dressed Queen Letizia, filed for insolvency after three consecutive loss years and a 15% revenue decline.

Rotelpa · Oky Coky · 2026-06-15

What happened

Rotelpa S.L. was a Vigo-based textile company and parent of the Oky Coky womenswear brand, which dressed Queen Letizia of Spain, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and TV presenter Anne Igartiburu. Founded in 1986 by Geli Torres and Sandro Portela, it grew from a small workshop in the Regojo textile district into a brand present in 400 points of sale across seven countries. It defined itself as sustainable luxury and kept all manufacturing in factories near Vigo.

The company filed for voluntary insolvency on June 15, 2026 before the Mercantile Court No. 3 of Vigo. The court declared the insolvency structural rather than transitory, citing three consecutive loss years (2023–2025), a €195,930 operating loss in 2025, and a cumulative 15% revenue decline over two years. It opened liquidation and dissolution simultaneously — the company was beyond saving.

The court identified external causes (the textile industry's transformation toward large chains with offshore production, margin compression, and the disappearance of traditional sales channels) and internal ones (rigid cost structure, an oversized workforce for current revenue, and severe cash flow tensions that forced asset sales). The administrators were suspended and a concursal administrator appointed. The process cannot exceed 12 months.

Why it happened

  • Rotelpa kept its entire production near Vigo while the textile industry shifted to offshore manufacturing — its cost structure became uncompetitive against fast fashion chains
  • Three consecutive loss years and a 15% revenue decline showed the company was shrinking, but its rigid costs and oversized workforce could not adjust fast enough
  • The company had to sell assets just to stay liquid, and when external financing dried up, there was no way to fund the transformation it needed
What it cost3 loss years, 15% revenue drop, 400 stores lost, liquidatedcostly

The lesson

A brand that dressed a queen could not survive the fast fashion revolution. Rotelpa kept its production local and its costs high while the industry moved offshore.

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