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SIMOF 2022

It is here again!( Happy dance)

Flamenca/Feria fashion show in Seville.

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We Love Flamenco 2019

You know that spring is fast approaching in the south of Spain when you see an explosion of colors and ruffles. The first fashion show(s) for feria presented us with designs evoking mother earth and cosmic vibes. There were many romantic and classic styles too. New this year, were dresses with geometric patterns, lines, triangles, houndstooth, and of course dots, huge dots!

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Dresses by designer Mónica Méndez showed us big bold dots over jewel tones. These were some of my favorites. They were classic with a modern twist, most had v necklines, but a few caught my attention with high necks covered with lots of chockers. Just beautiful.

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Other shows presented us with very simple dresses and skirts with just a single ruffle swirling up the dress. Very elegant and refreshing. Ladies, this year there are lots of skirts, which is great news if you are worried about your outfit on your instagram feed, change the blouse and you have a new look. Problem solved.

Spotted many floral dresses, very romantic, like a Botticelli painting. I even think some had empress waistlines.

For the graphic dresses, designers used flowers and polka dots, to balance the lines on them.

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There were monochromatic dresses, white on white dots, and black on black dots. Everything but boring. Skirt lengths were pretty much the same as other years, above the shoe and ruffles came in many shapes and sizes. However, the skirts seemed looser (still tight, but less) allowing for easier movement and more comfort.

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Shawls were present in some shows, but they weren't the main accessory. The show stoppers were the extra large ones, saved for special occasions and weddings. Accessories are big, layered, evoking summer, corals, like a Sicilian vacation or an Italian summer. Others fantasized with yesterday's Cuba and its people, some dresses brought memories of "Celia Cruz", the uber salsa queen. One in particular design, a model all in white from head to toe, transported me to the city of Miami, where many times I have seen these Cuban ladies, head wraps and long dresses in white, by the beach, with offerings to the water Gods.

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I leave you here with Pol Nuñdz fashion show at We Love Flamenco 2019 in Seville.

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

Seville's 2017 Fair Info

If this year, you visit Seville's April Fair, and you are not familiar with which casetas are free to the public and which are private, the city hall has provided a list. I have taken the liberty of adapting it for this post which is listed below. Most political parties, unions, districts or neighborhood casetas are public spaces, so you can just walk in and make yourself at home. However, if you have strong political convictions, be aware that some of these casetas are from political parties, and maybe you don't want to be seen in, for example , the far left and you are more to the right. Ok with that said, this feria is huge (1040 casetas) and even though you may not enter to most of them, take your time to walk around and visit all the streets, to compare decorations and atmosphere. Hey, maybe you may get lucky and a caseta owner will invite you in. Remember to dress well, no shorts or jeans, this is a special party, even if it has dirt floors. A caseta is considered and extension of the owners living room and not everyone is welcome. So be in your best behavior and have fun. Let's Dance!

16 Casetas out of 1040 are open to the public.
Sometimes if the private casetas are empty, they will let you in.
So don't despair and enjoy Feria.

Information booth located at street: Pascual Márquez # 225

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.

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.