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Happy New Year!!

SIMOF FASHION Show, Seville
photo credit: Janelle Burton

Here are the first fashion shows of 2019:

We Love Flamenco (WLF) fashion show.
When: January 16 - 20
Where: Salón Real of Hotel Alfonso XIII, Sevilla

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Viva by WLF
When: January 23 - 26
Where: Casino de la Exposición, Seville

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SIMOF
When: Feb 7 - 10
Where: FIBES convention center in Seville

by the way, if you are from Rota, you will be delighted that the 2 top dancers in your town will be performing in SIMOF. Laura Pirri (Feb 7) and Ofelia Marquez (Feb 9)

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Pasarela Flamenca of Jerez
When: Feb 14 - 17
Where: Bodegas González Byass in Jerez

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SIMOF 2018 SCHEDULE

SIMOF SCHEDULE AND LIST OF DESIGNERS

For every taste and size, 1500 dresses and styles on the catwalk until February 4th. To buy tickets here.

Thursday 1 Feb
11:30 Emprende Lunares (2017 finalists)

16:30 Lina

17:30 Aurora Gaviño

18:30 Alejandro Santizo & Luis Fernández

19:30 Pilar Vera

20:30 Ángeles Copete & Álex de la Huerta

21: 30 Patricia Bazarot & Pedro Béjar

Friday Feb 2
11:30 New designers contest

16:30 José Galvañ & Alonso Cózar

17:30 Consolación Ayala & Carmen Raimundo

18:30 María José Blay & Ana Morón

19:30 Verónica de la Vega & José Raposo

20:30 Antonio Gutiérrez

21:30 Rosapeula & Javier García

Saturday Feb 3

11:30 Sonibel Curvi with Adelina Infante (plus size)

12:30 Andrew Pocrid

13:30 Yolanda Rivas & MM Garrido Accessories

16:00 Sara de Benítez

17:00 Mof & Art

18:00 Carmen Vega

19:00 Loli Vera

20:00 Sonibel & Chocolate accessories

21:00 Molina Moda

22:00 Pilar Rubio

Sunday Feb 4

11:30 Yolanda Moda Flamenca

12:30 Atelier Rima

13:30 Teresa Ninu Atelier & De Lunares & Volantes

14:30 Calandria & Mayka Santos

16:30 Miriam Galvín & Ernesto Sillero

17:30 Hermanas Serrano

18:30 Hita & Arcos & Inés de la Fuente

19:30 Leticia Lorenzo & Francisco Tamaral

20.30 Ballet Flamenco of Andalusia

Fashion Show News for 2017

Flamenca Fashion shows for the early part of 2017

We Love Flamenco WLF:

El Hotel Alfonso XIII in Seville

January 12 to 17 2017

Some designers like: Ángeles Verano, Flamenca, Pol Núñez, Manuela Macías, Sánchez Murube, El Ajolí, Cañavate will be there.

Viva by WLF:

Hotel Alfonso XIII in Seville.

January 24 - 27, 2017

It is a new venue for new young and emerging talent in the flamenco industry will also have its day at the cat walk. Some of the designers that will be there: Adelina Infante, Antonio Moro, Javier Mojarro, Ángeles Fernández, Santana Diseños, and other designers

SIMOF 2017:

in Seville, at the Gran Auditorio Fibes. It has a new location inside the same Fibes expo center.

February 2 - 5, 2017.

For this event big wigs like Lina, Pilar Vera, Ángeles Copete, Cristina García, Andrew Pocrid, Molina Moda and Loli Vera will delight us with their fabulous creations.

Pasarela Flamenca de Jerez:

Bodegas González Byass, Jerez de la Frontera

February 9 - 12, 2017

This event should be one not to miss since it is its 10th anniversary. And as always great designers like, Rocío Martín, Faly de la Feria al Rocío, Ernesto Sillero, Mario Gallardo, Sevillanía, and Carmen Acedo will be there to celebrate 10 years of flamenca fashion in the capital of Sherry, Jerez.

FIMAF. International festival of flamenca fashion of Málaga.

Museo Automovilístico y de la Moda, Málaga.

February 25 - 26 2017

Many famous names and brands will attend the event filling the museum with polka dots and flowers.

Andújar Flamenca.

Andújar, Jaen, Andalusia

March 3 - 5, 2017
Organized by "La Cámara de Comercio e Industria" of Andújar, the newest of all fashion shows but very well accepted and needed in eastern Andalusia.

Fashion Recap for Feria 2015

Less than two weeks for the first big Feria of the Season - Sevilla - After sitting in several fashion shows, and scoping the windows of almost all Flamenca stores in Sevilla and Jerez...

I can say that solid colors are big, especially yellow.

Yellow in SIMOF 2015

Pilar Vera, SIMOF 2015

Black, red and polka dots are always in style, but classic dots weren't the main focus at the fashion show. Don't worry you can't go wrong with classic polka dots.

Abanico de Vélez

Sonia e Isabelle does wonders with dots and lace. Two piece outfit.

Vintage look at Sonia e Isabelle, Seville

The introduction of gold in almost all the accessories, and on dresses too, gold prints, like Gustav Klimt. Accessories should not be too shiny, just antique gold.

SIMOF 2015, Gold dress and tiny hair combs on head

I think "El Dorado" is here in Sevilla.

Gold Print dress, SIMOF Seville

Bright colors as well as muted, pastels colors are the choice for this year's dresses, but not fluorescent or neon colors, so toss it out, it is probably too old (several years too old) to wear it again.

Muted , soft colors, far from boring

Soft contrasting colors

Flamenka show in Jerez

Flower prints are still very big, yes those grandma prints, that somehow look so wonderful in a Flamenca dress or skirt.

Wonderful floral dress in Seville, SIMOF 2015

2 piece floral skirt and beige blouse

Another skirt with flowers and bright blouse with interesting sleeves

Embroidered shawls with smaller fringes are what a plain pastel dress needs.

Prints, embroidery or velvet shawls add interest to a solid dress

Striking combination for an orange dress

Embroidered pink shawl in a store in Seville

One plain rose is a classic, but flower bunches, prairie flowers, hydrangeas and carnations are very big this year. Some designers have introduced gold flowers that work really well with the gold prints.

Hydrangea in similar colors matching the purple dress

flower bunches

Gold roses add a striking touch to this fabulous outfit from
Vicky Martin Berrocal
photo credit: Flamenco.moda, thank you.

Lace tops are big, in sexy black or red for a very modern look, and the classic white or off white, go really well with the floral vintage style skirts.

Lace and baby Jesus! Love it.

Sleeves, please, please please, wear sleeves. Dresses are so elegant with sleeves. The ruffles are bigger, the sleeves wider, it really makes a big difference. So wear sleeves, please.

Sleeves add volume and interest to the outfit

This sleeve works well with the outfit, it balances proportions of a very ornate skirt

You can really do wonderful things with a sleeve

Accessories, earrings and combs, are very colorful, don't be shy and just wear one, wear many. If you don't feel comfortable with huge flowers and combs, use many baby combs and flowers all over the head for maximum impact without feeling like the "crazy flower lady".

Notice the hair accessories, flower and shawl
From Pilar Vera, SIMOF 2015.
Photo credit Flamenco.moda. Thank you.

Flamenka show in Jerez

Amparo Macia show, Jerez
Classica coral earring, center

Hair is still up and polished, not every hair in its place but a bun is the style. It is classic, and goes well with all dress styles.

Different hair dos, but all hair is up

Hair doesn't have to be perfect, just up and polished

Up do and carnations with gold jewelry

Lucky us! - we made it to SIMOF

Fresh Carnations for these flamencas.
Pilar Vera

Once again it was time to get my camera, invite a whole bunch of friends to come with me to Sevilla, and have fun looking at several fashion shows in SIMOF, The flamenca fashion show held once a year in Sevilla. I love to compare notes on taste and style with my girlfriends. And a diverse group, in taste, I found out.

This year, our group was larger than usual, so we had to break into smaller ones. Some from Rota, and another group from El Puerto de Santa Maria. The idea was to stay overnight, so we could stay to closing time in SIMOF, and then enjoy the night out in Sevilla.

We planned to meet in Sevilla for lunch, most did, but my group did not make it. My group barely made it out of Jerez into the highway to Sevilla, when Anna's car got a flat. What luck! Ok, a few minutes of panic, and then we started thinking straight again. Anna had just finished saying, "I love my car, it has been so good to me, it is so reliable", when the next minute, it had the flat. We could not believe it.

We missed lunch with the rest of the group in Sevilla, waiting for the tow truck to arrive, when highway assistance truck drove by and helped us. He changed the tire for free! But the car still had to be towed, it wasn't safe to drive and the car returned to Puerto. We continued the trip with just one car.

Group picture

Finally arrived to Sevilla and starving. Had a quick bite to eat across the Expo, and then dashed to the main entrance. Met up with the rest of the group and happy to report, no more unlucky episodes.

Buying our tickets

Once inside the Expo, it was second nature. This is my third year at SIMOF. We grabbed the publications from the show, walked around to see the vendors and take pictures, and when it was time, we stood in line for the show. This Year, we chose Pilar Vera, Margarita Freire and Loli Vera designers. All of them were fabulous, but the first two were my favorite.

Pilar Vera, was elegant creative with the wonderful prints and hair. She had models in beautiful dresses in all colors. First there was a parade of flowers. All of her dresses were a celebration of spring. The models themselves looked like flower bouquets. The flowers where all over, flower prints, flowers on their heads and even flower bunches pinned to the mantoncillos (shawls). Dresses in pure white walked the runway, and all the colors of the rainbow folled, all the way to the rich red with gold and black tones. These were show stoppers. The dresses resembled Gustav Klimt's paintings. Pilar Vera did not disappoint. These dresses where exquisite, models wore simple elegant designs and hair, with little flowers adorning their head. with Pilar Vera sometimes less is more.

Pilar Vera with three muses like the ones in
Maria Luisa Park, La Glorieta.

This dress was gold, looks like a painting from Gustav Klimt. Lovely.
Pilar Vera

Polka dots are always present ,but prints ruled the fashion show this year.
Pilar Vera

Flowers where placed on the back of the mantoncillo, and little flower buds all over the head.
Pilar Vera

Woman in Red. Just amazing.

As expected, the flamenca fashion is influenced by the regular fashion
and this reminds me of D&G.

Accessories of old gold coins and large golden hoops. Jeweled belt for a baroque touch.

Designer Margarite Freire, had a whole different style, her collection had many two piece outfits, and many 'batas' (lose simple and comfortable dresses or skirts) for the pilgrimage to 'El Rocio'. Also interesting outfits that reminded me of the mountain bandits that live in the mountains of Andalucia, 'bandoleros'. Some Amazonas outfits, gray skirts used for riding horses, with beautifully crafted blouses with cascading ruffles in the front (chorreras). The color yellow dresses was very much present in all shows.

Prints and more prints, paisleys, flowers, angels...

Bandolera, left and two piece dresses right
Margarita Freire

Beautiful skirt

Yellow and fuchsia

Designer Loli Vera, had very interesting mix of fabrics and prints, mainly geometric figures like diamonds. Many of her dresses also had glitter, I'm not sure I really like this, but I'm not a designer. And interesting addition to the design were the many zippers on the dress. Some had zipper in the front and back. This would solve the problem of getting dressed in a jiffy and on my own. Out of the three designers, she was the only one that had wedding dresses, and very Andalucian, with ruffles and large comb included. Striking.