THE
SPRINGSUMMER 2012 edition of Cibeles could be one of the best. Fashion Week is not only about
what the models are wearing, but the whole package. Fashion is a
way of life: the flash bulbs, celebrities, models, glamorous parties
and all that. And although Madrid isnt known to be as fashion-forward
as New York or Milano, this season proved it is on its way!
After seeing Madrids winter season and shows in February,
I can say with no hesitation that Spanish designers are better at
summer collections. They were more contemporary and fashionable.
The models were a highlight. First and foremost, there was the one
and only Carmen Kass, looking better than ever, at 33. There was
Spanish sweetheart Jon Kortajarena, from Tom Fords A Single
Man. Also on the catwalks were Iris Strubegger, Alexander Johansson
and Clement Chabunard, who is ranked fourth on models.com.
Digging in to the fashion, there was the queen of it
all, Ágatha Ruiz de la Prada, presenting her collection on
happy, smiling models to the rhythm of grand hits. David Delfin
also did a great job. His collection in Technicolor was amazing,
with futuristic and fun geometrical, asymmetrical shapes. Juanjo
Oliva presented a marvellous range of silk dresses.
Ana Locking called her springsummer collection
Under Beauty. The collection is in wonderful fauna prints.
Locking said, We seek balance and the essence of beauty but,
nowadays, these balances cannot be found, and for some time now
there is more interest researching the reality of a meaningless,
chaotic, fragmentary world which is maintained thanks to need for
idealized beauty.
This August, the great Spanish designer Jesús
del Pozo passed away, so the show presented during September edition
of Cibeles was a kind of tribute to him. Nineteen-seventies
Manhattan inspired the collection (left and below).
Other designers that we noted: Amaya Arzuaga, Angel
Schlesser, and Adolfo Domínguez and of course, Exteberria
from Ego, the alternative part of Madrid Fashion Week.
Joanna Mroczkowska is a correspondent for Lucire.
Jesús
del Pozo
Amaya Arzuaga

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Ágatha Ruiz de la Prada 
David Delfin
 
Juanjo Oliva
Angel Schlesser

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