Fashion as seen by Outumuro

Hotel Granvia is one of the favourite sets of the photographer

Under the heading “Outumuro. Looks” Disseny Hub Barcelona has put on display more than 200 images by fashion photographer, Manuel Outumuro. The retrospective exhibition, which can be seen until 25 April, covers twenty years of the photographer’s career

 All the top Spanish models have posed before Outumuro’s lense, such as Laura Ponte, Judit Mascó and Martina Klein, whose first photo was taken by him. “We are practically family” he said.

International models have also posed for Outumuro, including many famous figures, such as Penélope Cruz, Rossy de Palma, Alaska, Diane Kruger and Luz Casal, among many others.

Manuel Outumuro fuses the spirit of classicism with a search for elegance, an elegance which portrays femininity in its truest form. The photographer is drawn towards women’s fashion and the only job he ever rejected was taking photos of jeans. His images are timeless, though the photographer tells us that he works without looking for a particular style. “I take photos as I feel them” he says.

Outumuro’s influences are vast, from Harper’s Bazaar magazines of the forties and fifties to the world of cinema and literature.

Hotel Granvia commemorates this year its 75th anniversary. Stablished on 1935 in the former Palace of Serra-Chopitea family (built in 1870), this hotel has been part of Barcelona’s history and has seen all the majors events of the last century in the city. Its unbeatable location next to Passeig de Gràcia and Plaza Catalunya ensures the best of Barcelona to all its guests.

What: Outumuro. Looks
Photographic exhibition
Where: Disseny Hub Barcelona
Montcada, 12 - Ciutat Vella
When: until April 25th, 2010

080 Barcelona Fashion, Indepedent Fashion

Hotel 1898 is one of the sponsors of 080 Barcelona Fashion.

Creativity and innovation are the concepts inspiring 080 Barcelona Fashion, a platform from which to offer visibility to independent fashion designers, with the aim to become a benchmark for international avant-garde fashion and design.

With the intention to earn its own place inside the independent fashion circuit, this event aims to transform the city of Barcelona into an inescapable first rate worldwide showcase for fashion and avant-garde design. 080 Barcelona Fashion is therefore committed to back Fashion Culture as a whole, pretending to become more than just a plain Fashion Show.

For its present fifth edition, held on January the 26, 27, 28 and 29th, the 080 Barcelona Fashion Showroom will be combined together with The Brandery; and work has continued to be done to achieve an extension of the commercial possibilities.

In this 5th edition, we could see the following catwalk shows: Bibian Blue, Cardona Bonache, Celia Vela, Crommorc, Heal Fashionlab, Jan Iú Més, Juan Antonio Avalos, Karlotalaspalas, Krizia Robustella, Manuel Bolaño, Martin Lamothe, Miriam Ponsa, Montse Liarte, Songzio, Stefania Borras, Tim Hamilton, Tramando y Yiorgos Eleftheriades.

Location: Pavilions 6 & 8 de Fira de Barcelona (Montjuïc)
When: del 26 al 29 de enero de 2010
More inf@: 080 Barcelona Fashion Website

19th Barcelona Bridal Week

Most of the leading companies in the bridal sector have, yet again, taken a firm stance for BARCELONA BRIDAL WEEK, the only show which, for the last 19 years, has brought together the quality and creativity that make the Spanish bridal industry a point of reference at a worldwide level in addition to offering exhibiting companies as well as visitors the necessary tools for advancing together in the same direction.

More than 200 top-quality brand names are evidence that the leadership of our companies and their great exporting potential find their best stage at Barcelona Bridal Week, the platform that represents 98% of the national sector and that opens and leads the international calendar.

Once more, NOVIAESPAÑA has managed to achieve full occupation of the 30,000 m2 of the avant-garde Pavilion 8 of the Gran Vía Venue of Fira Barcelona. Foreign participation, at 40%, continues to be notable. Companies from Germany, Belgium, Cyprus, France, Holland, England, Italy, Lebanon, Portugal and Brazil confirm the importance of the Show as an intense, dynamic business centre and commercial contacts for professionals from all over the world.

Simultaneously to the commercial activity at the Trade Fair, Barcelona Bridal Week will be the setting for the PASARELA GAUDÍ NOVIAS which, between 9th and 12th of June, will present the 2010 collections of 31 national and international designers of worldwide prestige.

19th Barcelona Bridal Week: Professional Fashion Trade Fair for Bridal Gowns, Suits for Grooms, Party, Communion and Ceremony Dresses and Accessories - www.moda-barcelona.com

Dates: From 12th to 14th of June, 2009
Opening Times: 12th and 13th of June from 10.00 to 20.00  |  14th of June: from 10.00 to 19.00

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