Madrid, Capital of Fashion

The history of Spanish fashion is one of diversity, tradition and elegance. Spain has been the birthplace of great fashion houses whose reputation for originality and exclusivity dates back more than three centuries. 

From the luxury and exclusivity of Loewe, the elegance of Balenciaga, the modernity and eclecticism of the great designers of the Movida Madrileña, the Gazelles of Fashion of the 80s to those showing promise today. 

Balenciaga, Elegance Itself.

The “architect of seams” was Spain’s signature designer.

In 1919 Balenciaga opened his first atelierin Madrid. He was the leader of haute couture and dressed the Spanish Royal Family and the aristocracy. A few years later he moved to Paris and created a completely innovative style featuring a line of drooping shoulders, pinched waist and round hips.

His designs showed influences from the great Spanish painters and from Cubists and he dressed stars such as Greta Garbo and Grace Kelly. 

He was a legendary figure who retired in 1968, with the arrival of prêt-à-porter.

Balenciaga’s haute couture house is still well-known in the fashion world and has nurtured great, internationally famous designers such as Paco Rabanne, Hubert de Givenchy and Oscar de la Renta. 

La Movida Madrileña



The streets of Madrid witnessed the Spanish Transition and one of the most important events in the country’s history, the “Movida Madrileña”. This was an artistic and social phenomenon. It was a spontaneous movement, which awakened talent, freedom and creativity. 

The movida was a vibrant, crucial time for the world of fashion which experimented with shapes, volumes and materials. The “Movida Madrileña” was one of the most memorable times in the retail sector and inspired the best international designers.

Pedro Almodovar along with the cast of “Women on the verge of a nervous breakdown”. Los Angeles, 1988.

Manuel Piña was the designer who dressed the Movida Madrileña. He laid the foundations of the Spanish prêt-à-porter after Balenciaga’s impressive haute couture. New York and Japan were enchanted by his experimental collections and he was the inspiration for the Cibeles Show, the current Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid.

A few years later, big firms such as Jesus del Pozo, Roberto Verino, Adolfo Dominguez, Antonio Miró, Sybilla spread their wings in the city. They were the so-called “gazelles” of  Spanish fashion in the 80s. These promising designers established the sector in Spain that laid the and put Madrid on international fashion map. 

Madrid, Capital of Fashion

The way fashion evolves mirrors, in one sense, the changes and trends in society.

The fashion week in Paris was officially established in 1973 and only 12 years later the Cibeles Show was born. In 1985, six brave Spanish designers presented their collections at Plaza Colón in the first Madrid Fashion Week. 

In the 90s, the luxury fashion sector in Spain awoke from a long hibernation. The city’s wealthy were enthused by the movement and the big fashion companies discovered an emerging market in Madrid, which began to require much more exclusive fashion products. At that time, the big international firms such as Dior, Loro Piana and Jimmy Choo, opened in Madrid’s best districts particularly in areas such as Calle José Ortega y Gasset. 

Street Style. Jimmy Choo Fringe Bag

Thirty years later, initiatives such as MBFWMadrid have become authentic showcases of Spanish fashion and big names in the sector have participated in the show on the 66 occasions it has been held.. Loewe, Vitorio & Lucchino, Ángel Schlesser, David Delfín, Roberto Torretta and Roberto Verino are some of the firms and designers who have presented their collections at Madrid’s impressive show.

In addition to the well-known MBFWMadrid, the city hosts numerous festivals, events, associations and shows such as MFShow and Samsung EGO. These events aim to promote and provide new takes on Spanish fashion, which further strengthens Madrid’s connection with fashion. Shows, exhibitions, performances and presentations of new talent allow the general public to experience fashion and the world which surrounds it. 

These foundations and their history mean that Madrid today is one of the most influential international fashion capitals alongside London, Paris, Milan and New York. Madrid is the home of great designers and fashion houses and hosts several international firms. 

Madrid Luxury District
Privacy Policy

1.-GENERAL INFORMATION

The purpose of this "Privacy and Data Protection Policy" is to make known the conditions governing the collection and processing of your personal data by Madrid Luxury District to ensure fundamental rights, honor and freedoms , all in compliance with the current regulations that regulate the Protection of Personal Data according to the European Union. We need to have a legitimate basis for the collection and processing of your personal data, so below, we indicate all the details of your interest regarding how we carry out these processes, for what purposes, that other entities may have access to your data and your rights.

 

2.- DATA CONTROLLER

Who is the person responsible for processing your data?

1. Identity: Madrid Luxury District
2. CIF (Company Tax ID No): G88124722
3. Telephone: 915494426
4. Email:info@madridluxurydistrict.com
5. Data Protection Oycer contact details: info@madridluxurydistrict.com

 

3.-SECURITY MEASURES

What do we do to guarantee the privacy of your information?

Madrid Luxury District implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk, including inter alia as appropriate: - the ability to ensure the ongoing con{dentiality, integrity, availability and resilience of processing systems and services; - the ability to restore the availability and access to personal data in a timely manner in the event of a physical or technical incident; - a process for regularly testing, assessing and evaluating the exectiveness of technical and organisational measures for ensuring the security of the processing. - the pseudonymisation and encryption of personal data;

 

4.- PURPOSE

For what purpose will we process your personal data?

Madrid Luxury District will process your information to respond to the request made by the user who {lled out our form. These requests are usually from users who are interested in our services and contact us in this way for us to inform them accordingly. Also, through the registration forms on this website, data is collected, which is stored in a file, with the exclusive purpose of sending electronic communications, such as: newsletters, new entries (posts), as well as other communications that Madrid Luxury District understands interesting for its users. Only Madrid Luxury District will have access to your data. No data will be transferred to third parties except by legal obligation. Here we detail the uses and purposes provided:

 

Website Questions

  • Description: Responses to inquiries received through the contact form on the organization's website.
  • Purposes: Response to inquiries received through the electronic form on the web

Cookies, pixels and tracking.

  • Description: Cookies, tracking scripts and pixels are diferent tools used to understand and analyze user navigation.
  • Purposes: Obtain statistical data on user navigation, identify problems, analyze your preferences and offer you advertising

GDPR Obligations.

  • Description: Adapt and comply with data protection regulations and comply with the acountability principle.
  • Purposes: Respond to the requests of citizens in the exercise of the rights established by the GDPR.

Subscribers

  • Description: Subscriber data for sending newsletters, informative bulletins, promotions or similar.
  • Purposes: Marketing, advertising and commercial prospecting.

For how long will we keep your data?

Personal data collected will be retained by Madrid Luxury District for as long as you decide. At any time you can exercise the rights that the data protection regulations make available to you. We reiterate that you can always delete your name from our database and the other rights recognized by the current regulations by contacting us through info@madridluxurydistrict.com. Website questions: For a period of 1 year from the last confirmation of interest Cookies, pixels and tracking: Others. You must access our cookie policy to find out how long each cookie will be kept as well as the information it has collected. Compliance with GDPR obligations: The personal data provided will be stored as long as its deletion is not requested by the interested user or when the data is no longer necessary. Subscribers: As long as its deletion is not requested by the interested user.

 

5.- LEGITIMACY

What is the legitimacy for the processing of your data?

(Art. 6.1.a GDPR) Consent

(Art. 6.1.c GDPR) Compliance with legal obligations of the Data Controller

 

6.-RIGHTS OF INTERESTED PARTIES

What rights do I have in terms of data protection?

You can exercise any of the following rights by communicating it to the following address: Princesa N  72 1 C. 28008, Madrid (Spain) or to the legal email address :rgpd@auratechlegal.es

  • Right to request access to personal data concerning the interested party.
  • Right to request correction or deletion.
  • Right to request limitation of data protection treatment.
  • Right to object to data protection treatment.
  • Right of portability.

You can use the following forms to exercise your rights in an easier way.

What are your rights when you provide us with your data?

Any citizen has the right to obtain confirmation as to whether Madrid Luxury District is processing personal data concerning him/her or not. Interested individuals may access their personal data, rectify them or, if applicable, request the deletion when, among other reasons, the data is no longer necessary for the purposes they were collected.
You can also inform us about the limitation of the processing of your data in which case they will only be treated for the exercise or defense of claims.

7.-RECIPIENTS

To which recipients will your data be communicated?

Only companies associated with the Madrid Luxury District project can access your information.

 

8.-ORIGIN OF YOUR DATA

How have we obtained your data?

The interested user or their legal representative.

What categories of data do we handle?

The categories of personal data that are processed are:

Website Questions:

  • Web contacts (Identification data).

Cookies, pixels and tracking

  • Website users (Identification data; Other categories)

Compliance with GDPR obligations

  • Web contacts (Identification data)
  • Subscribers (Identification data)

Subscribers

  • Subscribers (Identification data)

 

9.-CONTROL AUTHORITY

Madrid Luxury District makes every effort to comply with the data protection regulations given that we are aware that the information is the main asset for us. However, we inform you that if you understand that your rights have been impaired, you can contact to info@madridluxurydistrict.com and, alternatively, if you do not agree, you can also file a claim at the:

  • Spanish Agency for Data Protection (hereinafter AEPD), located at C / Jorge Juan, 6. 28001 – Madrid. More information (https://www.aepd.es/es) about the AEPD.

We last changed this policy on: May 14, 2021