Cultural Centre Conde Duque and the Asociación de Creadores de Moda de España (ACME) organize the exhibition Garments for Shakespeare and Cervantes, an exhibit in which 14 designers establish a dialogue with the literature of these two universal writers on occasion of the 400th anniversary of their demise. This is one of the activities of the program of the IIIrd edition of Madrid es Moda.
Agatha Ruiz de la Prada, Amaya Arzuaga, Ana Locking, Davidelfin, Devota & Lomba, Duyos, Etxeberria, Juan Vidal, Leyre Valiente, ManéMané, Maria Ke Fisherman, Maya Hansen, Moises Nieto and Ulises Mérida carry out a creative approach to the characters of Cervantes: Don Quixote, Zoraida, Galatea, Dorotea, Dulcinea and Marcela, as well as some of the best known leading players in Shakespeare: Hamlet, Desdemona, Juliet, Titania, Ophelia and Lady Macbeth. Meanwhile, the fashion creations inspired by the imaginary sites of La Mancha, linked to Don Quixote, and Brittany, associated with King Lear, are interpreted by Ulises Mérida and Moses Nieto respectively.
This exhibition continues the work of approaching other arts undertaken by the Asociación de Creadores de Moda de España in 2007 when launching in Tokyo the exhibition cycle Designers in dialogue with Literature. Curated by Concha Hernández, this cycle has had an extensive international tour of more than twenty European and Asian cities, uniting designers and writers from different countries in a cultural experience that goes beyond the usual limits of fashion.
Garments for Shakespeare and Cervantes
Hall Conde Duque. From 13th to 27th of September 2016.
Time: Mon – Sat from 10hrs. to 21hrs. Sun from 10:30hrs. to 14hrs.
