Yesterday was the last day of the main Cibeles Madrid Fashion Week event. Only the emerging designers collections of El Ego are left. The last day always seems to be rushed, with shows doubling up in the afternoon. Slightly confusing to say the least. Sunglasses seemed to be the preferred item, making an appearance in several of the shows. Protesters stormed the Ion Fiz show, angry about the use of fur. Can’t understand why they’d target that particular designer, as fur has appeared all too often during this 53rd edition. The other stand-out moment of the afternoon was the L’Oreal prize going to Angel Schlesser for best collection. Up seems to be down, left seems to be right, white pretending to be the new black, black reigning supreme…
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Day 1 of Cibeles Madrid Fashion Week
Spring – Summer 2011 is going to be a little depressing according to yesterday’s first day of Cibeles Madrid Fashion Week. The days are organized with emerging talents and new designers first and then progresses to the old, established glories. The usually scenario is much expectation concerning the first few days and then tapers to the more classical proposals by the established names. It seems that this time around, it will be necessary to see if the “tried and true” will offer up a little more oomph to the S/S 2011 situation. Let’s take a moment to wade through the different catwalk shows of yesterday.
Manuel Bolaño Collection at 080 Barcelona Fashion
The highlight of the day was Manuel Bolaño, without a doubt. I didn’t manage to get a good seat, so my photos are a bit on the dodgy side. I also had a “prensa rosa” personality sat right in front of me, so I kept getting blinded by camera flashes.
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