Neus Bermejo in an aquamarine dress by designer Mariano Moreno. Photo: Courtesy of Mariano Moreno No one doubts that the colour of the year is Barbie pink, a more striking transformation of the Millennial pink we’ve been seeing in the past decade. It resembles bubblegum pink or plastic pink, all of which have more artificial […]
Aquamarine, the colour of calm and serenity
Mermaidcore: fashion inspired by mermaids
The Little Mermaid is all the rage, pardon the Barbie doll and her barbicore style. And not only its long-awaited remake, released on May 26 in theatres, has won a legion of fans among both children and adults. Now, the aesthetics of these mythological creatures have also seduced the fashion industry, which surprises with the […]
The restless beauty. Josep Font’s work at the Balenciaga Museum
Protrait of Josep Font by Javier Biosca. Museo Cristóbal Balenciaga Josep Font has everything to be a fashion legend -a category that places him in the firmament of needlework stars whose legacy endures over the centuries-. Talented, dreamy, perfectionist and discreet. Unattainable image, architectural soul and persistent work. After spending five years away from the […]
(Español) Adiós a José Castro, un diseñador muy querido en Gratacós
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Mushrooms conquer fashion and expand without limits
Rahul Mishra’s design from the collection “The Dawn.” Photo: Facebook Inspiration always comes from the most unexpected places, especially in the demanding world of fashion, which is always looking for new things to surprise its consumers with. For some time now, there has been a new object of desire that generates fascination and repulsion in […]
The Pirelli calendar now portrays the beauty of the empowered woman
Photos: Pirelli / FotoNostrum Barcelona Feminine beauty has undergone a historical change in its conception and representation over time, and especially in the last half century. If we talk about beauty portrayed, the famous Pirelli calendar has become a tangible reflection of this transformation, being an everyday object that has played an important role in […]
The fashion that reflects the most diverse beauty
Diversity and inclusion. These are the values that the 080 Barcelona Fashion platform wanted to highlight in their latest edition held at the Sant Pau Art Nouveau Site. And it has done so in an obvious way, reinforcing in the casting of models, a wide variety of bodies that do not understand morphologies, sizes, functionalities, […]
(Español) Gratacós en la Barcelona Bridal Week 2023
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Paco Rabanne, “the metallurgical” of fashion
Paco Rabanne was one of the great fashion visionaries of the twentieth century. Innovative, experimental, eccentric, and challenging, there were no limits to the needle for the Spanish designer. The conventional simply did not apply to him. Rabanne made a great career as a dressmaker and creator of iconic perfumes that are still a sales […]
All facets of the fashion world
A new edition of the Moritz Feed Dog is back. The contest dedicated to documentary film about fashion that takes place every year in Barcelona and this time, recovers its usual date welcoming spring with a new assortment of novelties in its programming. This festival is special for several reasons. Firstly, because it explores the […]