Tag: Pasarela Cibeles

JOAQUIM VERDU, KNITTED FABRIC

JOAQUIM VERDU, KNITTED FABRIC

English / Español Joaquim Verdu is one of the many Catalan fashion designers that have presented their fashion proposals on the Madrid runway, Pasarela Cibeles. The fashion creator from Barcelona is a highly skilled maestro at designing knitted fabrics. His signature styles are recognizable for solid colorful blocks, mini volumes and an elegant mix of woven and knitted fabrics. Looking at these pictures of the 1995 fashion show during Pasarela Cibeles, Madrid, I can`t help…

FRANCIS MONTESINOS A FASHION SHOW IN 1983

FRANCIS MONTESINOS A FASHION SHOW IN 1983

English / Español Francis Montesinos is a leading designer from Valencia credited for using traditional attire from his hometown as a recurring inspiration in his fashion collections. He introduced staging concepts in a key fashion show that lit up future runways, held in 1983, in Palacio de Cristal, Parque del Retiro, Madrid. Francis Montesinos is currently preparing his eponymous fashion brand’s 50th anniversary. He began his fashion career in the 1970s in the barrio El…

ROBERTO VERINO’S FIRST FASHION SHOW

ROBERTO VERINO’S FIRST FASHION SHOW

English / Español 1983, Madrid. In the mythical flamenco venue, Café de Chinitas, a young Galician designer, Roberto Verino, presents his first women’s wear collection breaking rancid fashion codes in a post-modern style statement. Deconstructing garments and restructuring set ideas are the concepts behind the postmodernism current that represented the creative path followed by many fashion designers at the time. Roberto Verino’s first fashion show, at the popular flamenco venue Café de Chinitas, was hailed…

KARL IN PASARELA CIBELES

KARL IN PASARELA CIBELES

English / Español Fast forward to Pasarela Cibeles in September 1993, the year that Karl Lagerfeld sat on the front row with his signature fan, and famously stated: “I am more interested in the fashion seen off the runway.” In fall 93 Pasarela Cibeles was going strong, and a new generation of young Spanish designers such as Agatha Ruiz de la Prada, Sybilla, Devota & Lomba, Duyos Paniagua, Roberto Torretta, Angel Schlesser, Isabel Berz, Maria…