Haute Couture nails
Manicures inspired by the collections of Dolores Cortés, Anton Heunis, Miguel Marinero and Leyre Valiente. This is the original proposal offered by the beauty salon Mi Calle de NY in this IIIrd edition of Madrid es Moda. Hand Manicure Couture is an initiative that focuses on the fusion between fashion and beauty, showcasing designer’s creativity through […]
Madrid es Moda dresses up by Juana Martín
Juana Martín has been commissioned to design the new graphic image of MADRID ES MODA / MADRID IS FASHION for the IIIrd edition, to be held from 12th to 20th of September. “It’s been a challenge. Inspiration has come from many fronts: my designs, my roots, my dreams … The most important thing has been […]
The meaning of numbers
The title of this blog does not mean that I have suddenly turned Pythagorean and want to decipher the hidden meanings of numbers, no. What I want to talk about is about the importance, the interest that the work of our designers arises within and beyond our borders. In the last edition of Mercedes-Benz Fashion […]
The first of many
In this life it is not good to exaggerate, but I don’t think I do at all when I say that the first closing party of Madrid es Moda was a success. A success because it gathered over 300 people, because the designers attended punctually and diligently the engagement at Iberostar Hotel de las Letras […]
Anton Heunis: an exhibition against cancer
Investigation against breast cancer and fashion. These are the reasons for the exhibition organized by jewellery designer Anton Heunis for Madrid es Moda at the Urso Hotel & Spa. A solidarity venture carried out in collaboration with other members of the Asociación de Creadores de Moda de España: Juanjo Oliva, Ion Fiz, Maya Hansen, Jorge […]
Microtheatre customized by Leyre Valiente
How much drama is there in a fashion show? And how much fashion is there in a stage production? Madrid es Moda and Microteatro por dinero have joined forces to answer both questions. How? Through designer Leyre Valiente, who has dressed for this second edition the pieces “This time its not love’s fault” and “Kokoro’s […]
Window shops that dress up the city
Window shops do not only serve as commercial and mundane exhibitors of products for sale. They are also windows through which the city dresses up, backgrounds on which to showcase beauty, surprise, games or art. Precisely over this conception of the window shop, Madrid es Moda builds a part of its proposal, in order to […]
Hotel Gran Meliá Fenix joins Madrid es Moda
To introduce contemporary fashion to a classically intended ambiance. That was the challenge of the exhibit that Hotel Gran Melia Fenix organized, for the second consecutive year, for Madrid es Moda, from 15th to 23rd of February. “We rely on the classicism of the surroundings, the hotel decor, for choosing the looks, and we use […]
Kilometres of agathized pizza portions
“Fashion is culture; gastronomy, as well … Why not bring them together? “. Agatha Ruiz de la Prada saw this crystal clear when she tasted the new creation by Jesus Marquina, chef of Kilometres of Pizza and four-time world champion in this specialty: a pizza-shaped heart full of flavour in honour of Fashion Week and […]
A sculptural Marinero at the Museum of Decorative Arts
“It is fashion, but it is closer to sculpture,” admitted designer Miguel Marinero regarding his exhibition Del Arte, del Artista y del Territorio, at the National Museum of Decorative Arts until April 24th. It is a collection consisting of 29 garments made by Marinero parting from the intervention of sculptor Agustín Ibarrola in the breakwater […]
ACME and Factoria Cultural launch the program Emprendemoda
The Asociación de Creadores de Moda de España (ACME) and Factoría Cultural, incubator for the creative and cultural industries of Matadero Madrid, launched a pilot program supporting entrepreneurship in the fashion industry and retail: Emprendemoda. As a kick-off, a public announcement is published offering five scholarships that cover wholly or partially the costs of an […]
Apotheosis of Gotor in Madrid es Moda
“Manifestation of enthusiasm at some point in a celebration or collective act”. That’s ‘apotheosis’ in its second acceptation in the dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE). But tending to the classic taste that drives the Bilbao designer Manuel de Gotor, maybe we should stop at the third acceptation: “concession of godly dignity to heroes.” […]
How to be “The Fifth Instagramer”
David Delfin @davidelfin_co, Mayte de la Iglesia @maytedlaiglesia, Juan Vidal @mrjuanvidal and Maria Leon @marialeonstyle were elected official instagramers of MADRID ES MODA. With the hash tag #madridesmoda, said designers and fashionistas will be exceptional witness of MADRID ES MODA, an urban intervention organized by the Asociación de Creadores de Moda de España (ACME) accompanying, […]
The Thyssen Museum multiplies itself for Madrid es Moda
The success of the convene for the fashion tour through the Collection of the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid, scheduled by Madrid es Moda and sponsored by Las Rozas Village, has led the art museum to double the number of visits. Book your free entry from February 10th here. The art works of the Collection show […]
Úlises Mérida creates the new image of Madrid es Moda
Madrid es Moda, to be held from 15th to 23rd of February, presents the graphic identity of its second edition, designed by Ulises Mérida. “My idea springs from the fabric, which is our raw material and the base of any work. The colour could be none other than red, as is the passion for our […]
The catwalk is on the street
The exhibit “The catwalk is on the street,” organized by ACME in collaboration with Destino Madrid, brings to Conde Duque a selection of the fall / winter 2015-2016 collections that 25 leading fashion brands from our country presented on the madrileño catwalks. Fashion shows are one of the main communication tools of fashion brands which […]
ACME presents Madrid is Fashion
The Association of Fashion Creators of Spain (ACME) boosts Madrid is Fashion, an initiative that aims to dress up the city with creativity and design during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid (MBFWM). The goal is to add the city to the fashion party, just as this happens in other European capitals of design during their weeks […]
MBFWM presents its 62nd edition
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid (MBFWM) will celebrate its 62nd edition from the 18th to the 22nd of September at IFEMA. For five days the hall 14.1 will become once again a key scenario for national fashion, gathering the best proposals of Spanish design, counting in its next edition with the participation of a total of […]
Fashion, in debate at Conde Duque
The Cultural Center Conde Duque hosted the roundtable “Fashion Shows: the day after,” participated by designers Ana Locking, David Delfin and Manuel Garcia together with Cósima Ramirez, Head of International Expansion of Agatha Ruiz de la Prada. Marta Blanco, President of the Association of Friends of the Museo del Traje, was in charge of moderating […]
