How to sketch a map of your talent
The Hotel Vincci The Mint located on Madrid’s Gran Vía, is the place chosen to celebrate a new breakfast within the cycle “60 minutes of fashion with EFE Style”. The meeting enjoyed the presence of Pepa Bueno, Executive Director of ACME; Ignacio Sierra, Corporate CEO of Cortefiel Group; Magali Yus, Communications Fashion & Beauty El […]
Moisés Nieto, winner of Who’s on Next 2016
Designer Moses Nieto has raised winner of the 2016 Who’s on Next Vogue award. This event is a unique initiative that each year rewards the designer revelation. Yolanda Sacristan, Director of Vogue Spain, and the fashion team of the magazine are responsible for selecting the candidates, among which the winner is chosen. The delivery of […]
Four years bringing Spanish fashion closer to the world
Modesto Lomba, president of ACME, and José Antonio Vera, president of News Agency EFE, have signed the renewal of the agreement that ACME maintains with EFE Style since four years, by which value is placed upon Spanish fashion and Brand Spain. Modesto Lomba expressed being “very satisfied” with the results of this collaboration as […]
Modesto Lomba, sponsor of UFV students
“Today you enter a large family, that of the artists and creators, of the “labourers of beauty”, with these moving words ended his speech last Friday, May 6th, Modesto Lomba, President of the Asociación de Creadores de Moda de España, who was in charge of sponsoring students from the degrees in Design and in Design […]
Schweppes and Maya Hansen
Madrid designer Maya Hansen has collaborated with the global brand Schweppes to create two exclusive garments, one male and another one female, inspired by Schweppes Ginger Ale. They are, two bikers made in synthetic leather fabric respecting the environment, metal laminates, neoprene and high quality trimmings, giving a couture finish to an urban garment […]
María Escoté and Isabel Nuñez join ACME
The Asociación de Creadores de Moda de España welcomes two new members. Designers Maria Escoté and Isabel Nuñez join ACME, with their arrival already amounting 56 associates. Maria Escoté is a regular signature in the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid schedule. After participating for three seasons in the EGO platform of the madrileño fashion week, the […]
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 […]
ACME creates the Observatorio de la Moda Española
The Asociación de Creadores de Moda de España (ACME) launches a fashion observatory – Observatorio de la Moda Española (OME), in digital format with the support of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport of the Spanish Government. ACME creates this digital platform with the aim of boosting the development of the Spanish fashion industry […]
Iberdrola by Ion Fiz
Ion Fiz presents the “Capsule” collection designed for Iberdrola’s support staff on occasion of the Week of the Shareholder. The Iberdrola Tower hosts the fashion show presentation of the collection created by Ion Fiz, who has relied upon the company’s commitment towards sustainability for creating the designs. “Capsule” is designed with sustainable criteria, from the […]
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.” […]
Art in sheep’s clothing
It is more than a year ago that Miguel Marinero has been preparing for his big moment. Actually, I would have to speak of ‘great moments’ because as I write these lines he is inaugurating a splendid exhibition at the Museum of Decorative Arts in Madrid, and in a few days he will hold the […]
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 […]
ACME presents Campus Moda
The Asociación de Creadores de Moda de España (ACME), the University Francisco de Vitoria (UFV) and Fashion Studies Institute join forces to launch Campus Moda (Fashion Campus), the first training course of international excellence in the field of fashion intended for college bound youth. Leading designers such as Modesto Lomba, Victorio & Lucchino, Roberto Torretta, […]
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 […]
Señorita Lemoniez, high-end children’s fashion with the signature Made in Spain
Señorita Lemoniez, the fashion line for girls by designer Fernando Lemoniez, consolidates globally. The creator from San Sebastian harvests many successes with his creations for girls, from 8 to 14 years, in a bid to diversify the brand and focus his know-how in a new market niche. Señorita Lemoniez launched the first collection in 2013 […]
García Madrid celebrates its first decade
García Madrid celebrates this year its first decade in the fashion world. The Spanish brand has also recently launched the new campaign for the spring-summer 2016 collection, starring one of the actors of the moment, Asier Etxeandia. In 2006 Manuel García creates his signature label García Madrid. A decade later, the brand is an example […]
Ulises Mérida joins ACME
The Asociación de Creadores de Moda de España added a new member with the incorporation of Ulises Mérida. The creator from Toledo studied at the Centro Superior de Diseño de Moda de Madrid and completed his training at the Istituto Europeo di Design (IED) in Milan. Ulises Mérida is a very comprehensive fashion professional also […]
ACME organizes a professional meeting in Gran Canaria
The Asociación de Creadores de Moda de España organizes a professional meeting in collaboration with the Cabildo of Gran Canaria to promote growth of the brands gathered under the umbrella of the Moda Calida seal. The exchange of experiences among professionals from the sector is the key to this encounter in which 19 brands from […]
Juan Vidal presents My Girls, a new collection.
The exclusive online channel by Juan Vidal is renewed with the reinterpretation of his collection ‘The Ecstasy of Aurora’. A new capsule collection in which the dusty pinks and floral prints that we saw on the catwalk of MBFWM predominate, now adapted with combinable garments for a proposal that will grow each week with new […]
ACME collaborates again with the best Spanish sport
The Asociación de Creadores de Moda de España joins once again the Higher Sports Council in the delivery of the National Sports Awards, where our top athletes have dressed designs by Spanish creators such as Angel Schlesser, Devota & Lomba, Duyos, Francis Montesinos , Leyre Valiente, Pedro del Hierro and Roberto Verino. The award ceremony, […]
ACME collaborates with MHM Summit 2015
The Asociación de Creadores de Moda de España joins, yet another year, MujerHoy Fashion Summit, a professional meeting that this year will be focused on ” Fashion ecommerce: strategies, trends, challenges and opportunities of a new omnichannel scenario.” Key industry players will meet at the headquarters of the Vocento Group on the following 26th of […]
Helena Rohner, winner of the Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts
Jewellery designer Helena Rohner was awarded the 2014 Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts. This award, which is given annually by the Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports to outstanding cultural personalities, is one of the highest distinctions in artistic creation and recognizes the career of one of the most international designers in […]
