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Palomo Spain wins National Fashion Design Award

Spanish fashion designer Alejandro Gómez Palomo, known for his contemporary genderless fashion label Palomo Spain, has been awarded the National Fashion Design Award 2024 by the Ministry of Culture in Spain. Paloma was recognised by a jury for managing to “assert his own vision within the fashion design sector, giving voice to inclusion,...

Fashion

US designer Michael Costello to show at MBFW Madrid

LA-based fashion designer Michael Costello is set to take part in the next edition of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid (MBFW Madrid), currently scheduled to take place between September 12 and 16, 2024. Costello is the first name to be confirmed by MBFW Madrid, with his participation contributing to his recent strategic focus on Spain, where he...

Business |Interview Featured

Ibiza Fashion Festival: The event merging fashion, sustainability and business under the sun

When thinking of the Spanish isle of Ibiza, a contrasting image may be conjured up depending on who you ask. For Karen Windle, however, it is a destination for high-end, sustainable fashion and therefore the perfect location for her annual Ibiza Fashion Festival. First starting out as a regular holiday destination, Ibiza eventually became a...

Business

Original Penguin enters Spanish market with Madrid store

American brand Original Penguin has entered the Spanish market for the first time with its first flagship retail store in the region. Located in Madrid’s Barrio Salamanca neighbourhood, the store houses the brand’s complete collection of men’s sportswear apparel alongside accessories like loungewear, headwear, leather goods and underwear. The...

Business

Amazon says to invest 15.7 billion euros in Spain

Amazon's cloud computing division AWS will invest 15.7 billion euros (17 billion dollars) in data centres in Spain's northeastern Aragon region through to 2033, the US tech giant said Wednesday. The investment will create around 17,500 indirect jobs in local companies and contribute 21.6 billion euros to Spain's gross domestic product during th...

News

‘Code 41 talent’: Andalusia Fashion Week presents new edition of design competition

Code 41, the fashion week of the region of Andalusia in the south of Spain, is finalising preparations for its next edition, which is scheduled to take place from September 29 to October 4 in the city of Seville. In the context of the event, the ‘Code 41 Talent’ competition will also be held, as has been the tradition during previous editions....

News

ESNE changes its name to UDIT, becomes independent institution

The educational institution ESNE, university for design, innovation and technology with its campus in Madrid, has announced a name change. The school is in the process of changing its name to UDIT as it becomes an independent university, as per a statement shared with FashionUnited by the school. Up until the transition, ESNE was part of Camilo...

Fashion |IN PICTURES Featured

MBFWMadrid FW23 highlights: from Moroccan designers to Maya Hansen’s upcycled corsets

The 77th edition of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid (MBFWMadrid), which took place from Wednesday February 15 to Sunday, February 19, featured the catwalk presentations of a total of 41 designers. The designers once again showed their best creations on the Madrid catwalk for the fall/winter 2023/2024 season. Apart from the established national...

Business |REPORT

Spanish footwear is mainly imported, the sector's 2022 situation at a glance

The Federation of Spanish Footwear Industries (Fice) has shared with FashionUnited a report that analyses the sector's performance between January and November 2022, a period in which Spain has consolidated its role as an importer in this sector, having recovered its pre-pandemic export figures. In the first eleven months of 2022, the sector...

News |INTERVIEW

Desigual wants to "attract and retain the best talent" through its annual Young Talent programme

Since September, a new group of young talents have been working at the headquarters and logistics centres of the Spanish fashion multinational Desigual, which for some years now has been committed to incorporating recent graduates into its team through what is known as its Young Talents programme. Through the programme, Desigual aims to promote...

News

Central Saint Martins alumna wins Vogue Fashion Fund Spain 2022

Vogue Spain has announced the winner of its Vogue Fashion Fund, the award previously known as Who’s On Next Spain. Central Saint Martins College alumna Paula Cánovas del Vas is the winner of the 2022 edition. Cánovas del Vas was previously a semi-finalist of the prestigious LVMH Prize 2022. She did her internship at Gucci and worked as a design...

Schools

IED Madrid educators among finalists of the National Craftsmanship Awards in Spain

IED Madrid educators Aranzazu Rodrigálvarez and Sofía Nieto have been selected as finalists in the Product category of the National Craftsmanship Awards in Spain with their artisanal textile products company Carmen17, as per a news article on IED's Spanish-language website. The National Crafts Awards are organised by Fundesarte, the national...