Spanish fashion design, in figures
The Asociación de Creadores de Moda de España (ACME) discloses for the first time their associates contribution to Spanish economy with the presentation of the report “Spanish fashion design, in figures”. The event, held at the headquarters of the Office of Culture and Tourism of the Community of Madrid, was participated by Jaime de los […]
Leyre Valiente Creative Director of Kimoa
The designer from Madrid Leyre Valiente joins the team of Kimoa, the new brand created by racing driver Fernando Alonso, as Creative Director. “Kimoa is a very beautiful Californian spirit lifestyle project in which we will share out to everyone casual clothes and accessories such as backpacks, footwear, sunglasses, skateboards and surf …”, states the […]
Haute Couture health uniforms
The health uniform company Winder, partners with renowned designers of the Asociación de Creadores de Moda de España such as Devota & Lomba, Juan Vidal, María Barros, Ulises Mérida, Inuñez and Agatha Ruiz de la Prada to reinvent the concept of medical clothing. This company has found a new niche market in the vision of […]
The city that loved fashion
After the bustle of MBFWM and of the trade shows and sales showrooms in Paris, to which multiple Spanish fashion and accessories companies come – actions both in which ACME is very involved -, we have just received the results of the last edition of Madrid is Moda (MeM), the urban fashion festival that we […]
The city of Madrid pays tribute to Jesús del Pozo
The city where Jesús del Pozo was born and raised celebrates his legacy with a commemorative plaque in Calle Almirante nº9, the place where for many years his atelier and flagship boutique was located. This plaque is not the first recognition that the capital city makes to one of its most illustrious neighbours. Last September, […]
The window shop winners
Designer Leyre Valiente and architect María de Prado have become the first winners of the MADRID ES MODA Window Shop Competition, in the category of Best Professional Window Shop, with their proposal in the Valiente boutique. As Best Novel Window Shop, the winners are Mariana Galbis and Eider Falcón, IED Madrid students who developed their […]
Window shops with a view
“The special window shops have been one of the pillars upon which we have built MADRID ES MODA,” explains Pepa Bueno, Executive Director of the Asociación de Creadores de Moda de España (ACME). Therefore, we got to work to create the 1st MeM Window Shop Contest. Established designers and students of design, brands and boutiques […]
ACME Chair at the IED
The Director of IED Madrid Dario Assante and the President of the Asociación de Creadores de Moda de España, Modesto Lomba have signed a collaboration agreement for the creation of the ACME Chair at IED Madrid. Through this agreement, relations between the students of this centre of reference and the ACME partner companies will be […]
María Barros designs the new image of Madrid es Moda
The Urban Fashion Festival MADRID ES MODA presents the graphic image of its fourth edition, from 13th to 21st February, designed by the Galician creator MARÍA BARROS. “A collage of fabrics made by hand so as not to lose the essence of each of the textures”, explains MARÍA BARROS regarding her creation made exclusively for […]
Spanish Fashion in the anteroom of the Goya’s
With four editions, the Feroz Awards have been consolidated as the anteroom of the Goya’s becoming an acclaimed fashion show of the best of Spanish fashion. Undoubtedly, the favourite menswear fashion brand on the Feroz red carpet was Garcia Madrid. Starting with the presenter of the gala, Antonio de la Torre as well as many […]
ACME participates in Gastrofestival 2017
Madrid Fusion takes off and in the Asociación de Creadores de Moda de España we celebrate it by joining the Gastrofestival for yet another year with a special window shop in our headquarters, located in the madrileño Barrio de las Letras (Calle León, 24). Oil bottles designed by Teresa Helbig and the new Food from […]
David Delfín, National Fashion Design Award
David Delfín has been awarded the National Fashion Design Award granted every year by the Ministry of Education Culture and Sport and that since 2009, has rewarded a creator in recognition of his professional career. The designer from Malaga creates the signature brand Davidelfin with the Postigo brothers (Deborah, Diego and Gorka) and model Bimba […]
Flying I go, flying I come
.. fashion is always that: future, prediction, divination of the elusive tendencies that will come and go, fleeting as the wind … Precisely because fashions change, fashion as a phenomenon exists and remains.” I have had the privilege of reading, before arriving at the bookstores at the end of the year, the book The Eighth […]
The Olympics dress-up in Spanish fashion
Olympic medallists from Rio 2016 were acknowledged by the Consejo Superior de Deportes (CSD) in a tribute which also served to publicize the activity of the Centro de Alto Rendimiento de Madrid, the event was attended by Minister of Education, Culture and Sports, Iñigo Méndez de Vigo. The Asociación de Creadores de Moda de España […]
Preview of the play “Actresses” in the store of Úlises Mérida
ULISES MERIDA’s store joins the celebration of the Día de la Ranas1, with the premiere of the play “Actresses” with costumes made by the fashion creator. The event was attended by Manuela Carmena, Mayoress of Madrid. Legend has it that frogs lived at ease in the ponds that filled the Barrio de las Letras centuries […]
ACME supports actively the project Lal La Buya
Modesto Lomba and Pepa Bueno visit the textile workshop of Lal La Buya, which is supported by the Ministry of Culture and City Celebrations of the autonomous city of Melilla, showing their support for the solidarity and cultural character of a project that aims to dignify the lives of the people who form it. Fadela […]
Madrid es Moda closing party
MADRID ES MODA, the urban action of the Asociación Creadores de Moda de España (ACME) for Fashion Week, said goodbye to the IIIrd edition with a closing party organized once again with magazine Hola! Fashion and Hotel Iberostar Las Letras Gran Via. An event attended by designers, models, actresses and professionals from the fashion world, […]
A solidarity T-Shirt
The image of a confident woman, feisty and fearless. So is for the designer Juana Martín MADRID ES MODA, and so she has captured it in a T-shirt “so that everyone can be a participant in the importance vested on fashion and so that fashion may be breathed throughout the city.” The designer from Cordoba […]
The “Maytakeover” begins
Another edition more, Mayte de la Iglesia, model, influencer, blogger and avowed fan of ACME, takes the reins of the Social Networks of the Association (Instagram, Facebook, Twitter) during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid. What in the sector is called a “takeover” and we call “Maytakeover”. The objective? Live the days of the fashion shows as […]
Miguel Marinero presents Social Club
Miguel Marinero and his son, designer Nicolas Marinero, present their first textile collection “Social Club”. Made up by twenty cocktail and evening looks inspired by women in the Roaring Twenties, the Marinero’s revive the flapper rebel, the protagonists of the works of F. Scott Fitzgerald, John Held Jr. or Anita Looks as well as sportswomen […]
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 […]
IIIrd Edition of the Premios Nacionales de la Moda
The Museo del Traje hosts the ceremony of the IIIrd Edition of the Premios Nacionales de la Moda / National Fashion Awards, during which have been awarded Roberto Torretta, Maria Ke Fisherman, El Corte Ingles, Neck & Neck, Woodys Barcelona, Royo Textile Group, Flash Moda (TVE) and ISEM Fashion Business School. H.M. Queen Letizia, accompanied […]
Spanish design for the best of our gastronomy
The Asociación Creadores de Moda de España collaborates with the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment to renew the image of the Food from Spain brand and to create the designs of the decanters of the Best Spanish Extra Virgin Oils Award winners. ACME convened two contests among its members to develop these designs. A […]
Madrid Fashion Capital is born
Conde Duque hosted the presentation of the platform Madrid Fashion Capital, an initiative of the Directorate General of Trade and Entrepreneurship of the City of Madrid to bring together all the events of fashion, beauty and lifestyle celebrated in the city. A guide to everything that happens in Madrid related to fashion to give visibility, […]
Delpozo opens shop in London
Signature label Delpozo opens a new flagship store in London’s Chelsea (134 Sloane Street). This is the second store in Europe after the opening in 2013 the brand’s flagship in Madrid (C / Lagasca 19). According to statements by President and owner of Grupo Perfumes y Diseño, Pedro Trolez: “This store is essential for the […]
Finalists of the III Edition of the Premios Nacionales de la Moda
The Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism announced the final nominees of the III Edition of the National Fashion Awards. The National Fashion Designer Award is divided into two categories: on the one hand, the National Award for Lifetime Achievement for which the designers nominated are: Helena Rohner, Roberto Torretta and Pili Carrera. On the […]
Race against counterfeiting
ModaEspaña, the platform created by the ModaEspaña Confederation, participates in the forthcoming Marcathlon / Brandathlon 2016 to fight against the counterfeiting that brands endure in our country. The race against counterfeiting, held on June 4th in Madrid, Anti-Counterfeiting World Day, has two important activities: on the one hand a gymkhana in which participants can discover […]
Ailanto presents their first bridal collection
Ailanto presents in the Madrid flagship their first line of bridal fashion. The fashion proposals for brides by the Muñoz brothers are inspired by botany, a constant in the proposals by the Basque duo. Soft floral prints and shapes that evoke petals are the leitmotif of an elegant and delicate collection for brides avoiding excesses […]
When simple is not simplicity
I’ll start this text in a way that maybe I should not … mentioning the reasonable physical resemblance between Spanish designer Maria Barros and French actress Audrey Tautou. It may seem frivolous, and it probably is, and nevertheless there is another way of seeing what lies beneath this comparison. With María the same is true […]
IED Madrid Design Awards
Due to the 50th anniversary of the IED Group, their headquarters based in Madrid wanted to pay tribute to all those who somehow are part of the design world (brands, professionals, entrepreneurs or collective) rewarding projects and initiatives that over the past year have contributed to place value upon the roles of design and creativity, […]
