https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Luis Fernández's workshop in Seville's Old City is buzzing with customers who have come to try on his dazzling array of flamenco dresses, their vibrant fabrics replete with voluptuous ruffles and polka dots. https://www.thelocal.es/20240419/spains-flamenco-dress-an-andalusian-classic-evolving-with-fashion Fri, 19 Apr 2024 12:03:25 +0200 spains-flamenco-dress-an-andalusian-classic-evolving-with-fashion Zara owner Inditex, the world's biggest fashion retailer, on Wednesday reported its highest-ever profits in 2023 thanks to buoyant sales and its policy of raising prices. https://www.thelocal.es/20240313/spains-fast-fashion-empire-inditex-posts-record-net-profit-for-2023 Wed, 13 Mar 2024 17:32:10 +0100 spains-fast-fashion-empire-inditex-posts-record-net-profit-for-2023 Spanish fashion retailer Mango, founded 40 years ago in Barcelona, is ramping its global expansion with 500 new shops projected across the world by 2026, include huge stores in the US, the UK and India. https://www.thelocal.es/20240307/spains-mango-clothing-chain-ramps-up-global-expansion Thu, 07 Mar 2024 13:59:47 +0100 spains-mango-clothing-chain-ramps-up-global-expansion With a vast wardrobe catering to everything from "House of the Dragon" to "The Crown", Spain's Peris Costumes has carved out a well-tailored niche for itself, renting costumes to producers across the globe. https://www.thelocal.es/20220929/made-in-madrid-the-spanish-tailors-outfitting-world-cinema Thu, 29 Sep 2022 13:04:10 +0200 made-in-madrid-the-spanish-tailors-outfitting-world-cinema Top Spanish fashion designers Victorio and Lucchino, who have dressed singers and aristocrats, on Thursday inaugurated a museum dedicated to their works in their southern home region of Andalusia. https://www.thelocal.es/20220624/top-spanish-designers-victorio-and-lucchino-get-own-museum Fri, 24 Jun 2022 12:41:13 +0200 top-spanish-designers-victorio-and-lucchino-get-own-museum Set up by migrants, the Barcelona Street Vendors Union has just launched its own brand of trainers in the hope of "changing the rules of the game". https://www.thelocal.es/20210620/in-spain-migrant-designed-trainers-kick-against-system Sun, 20 Jun 2021 13:18:31 +0200 in-spain-migrant-designed-trainers-kick-against-system Thanks to a combination of the pandemic, shifting attitudes and technological advances it is now easier than ever to work remotely. Álvaro Villalobos meets a Spanish designer who has gone back to the pueblo. https://www.thelocal.es/20210205/meet-spains-up-and-coming-fashion-designer-who-has-taken-haute-couture-back-to-his-pueblo Fri, 05 Feb 2021 17:17:29 +0100 meet-spains-up-and-coming-fashion-designer-who-has-taken-haute-couture-back-to-his-pueblo Young Spanish designers are reclaiming their "Spanishness": age-old traditions, religious imagery and even the colour black, which centuries ago was a signature of the country's all-powerful monarchy. https://www.thelocal.es/20181228/young-spanish-designers-reclaiming-traditions Fri, 28 Dec 2018 18:01:38 +0100 young-spanish-designers-reclaiming-traditions Senegalese street vendors staged a fashion show Friday in Barcelona to present their own clothing line of "legal clothes made by illegal immigrants", the slogan of their new campaign to get off the streets. https://www.thelocal.es/20180407/barcelonas-senegalese-street-vendors-present-own-clothing-line Sat, 07 Apr 2018 16:15:07 +0200 barcelonas-senegalese-street-vendors-present-own-clothing-line Faced with fierce online competition from the likes of Amazon, affordable fashion giants Zara and H&M are shoring up their defences, trying to use their stores to boost internet sales. https://www.thelocal.es/20180318/zara-shores-up-defences-as-internet-threatens Sun, 18 Mar 2018 14:00:30 +0100 zara-shores-up-defences-as-internet-threatens A face-cream from Lidl supermarket costing just €2.99 has once again been found to be the most effective following research by Spain’s leading consumer organisation. https://www.thelocal.es/20160928/lidls-299-anti-aging-cream-comes-out-top-in-spain-again Wed, 28 Sep 2016 14:39:03 +0200 lidls-299-anti-aging-cream-comes-out-top-in-spain-again The Málaga-born actor who cut his teeth with Pedro Almodóvar before conquering Hollywood celebrates his 56th birthday on August 10th with the launch of his new fashion label. https://www.thelocal.es/20160810/antonio-banderas-fashion-label Wed, 10 Aug 2016 11:44:25 +0200 antonio-banderas-fashion-label High street fashion brand Zara is rolling out a recycling scheme across its stores with the aim of giving customers’ used clothes a new lease of life. https://www.thelocal.es/20160712/zara-goes-green-with-recycling-bins-for-cast-off-clothes Tue, 12 Jul 2016 14:52:42 +0200 zara-goes-green-with-recycling-bins-for-cast-off-clothes An 18-year-old launched a petition to get the world’s largest retailer to sell larger sizes - and it worked. https://www.thelocal.es/20160518/spanish-teen-wins-battle-with-zara-to-sell-plus-sizes Wed, 18 May 2016 17:37:19 +0200 spanish-teen-wins-battle-with-zara-to-sell-plus-sizes A new football kit unveiled by Spanish football CD Palencia is raising plenty of eyebrows. https://www.thelocal.es/20160513/is-this-spains-ugliest-football-kit-ever Fri, 13 May 2016 15:53:43 +0200 is-this-spains-ugliest-football-kit-ever For this week's My Spanish Career, The Local chats to Lucy King, the British owner of Lottie Lencería, a specialist lingerie shop in Madrid. https://www.thelocal.es/20160314/bras-lingerie-spanish-career-lottie-lenceria-madrid Mon, 14 Mar 2016 12:07:15 +0100 bras-lingerie-spanish-career-lottie-lenceria-madrid The Spanish fashion giant has launched a unisex range of clothing, but not everyone is happy about it. https://www.thelocal.es/20160310/zara-ungendered-unisex-fashion-nonsense Thu, 10 Mar 2016 15:34:10 +0100 zara-ungendered-unisex-fashion-nonsense Bill Gates is the number one richest man in the world and an internationally known name. But how much do you know about the Spaniard at spot number two? https://www.thelocal.es/20160302/five-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-worlds-second-richest-man Wed, 02 Mar 2016 16:58:12 +0100 five-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-worlds-second-richest-man The Queen of Spain's favourite designer Felipe Varela made a stunning comeback to his native Madrid this week with a daring collection that mixed peekaboo and plunging necklines with metal and Swarovski - but in his trademark impeccable style. https://www.thelocal.es/20160226/queens-favourite-designer-makes-stunning-madrid-comeback Fri, 26 Feb 2016 13:15:42 +0100 queens-favourite-designer-makes-stunning-madrid-comeback It was 'Sister Act' meets high fashion when a Catalan designer's habit-wearing models hit the runaway during Barcelona Fashion Week. https://www.thelocal.es/20160203/habit-of-a-lifetime-convent-inspired-style-hits-spains-catwalk Wed, 03 Feb 2016 16:47:25 +0100 habit-of-a-lifetime-convent-inspired-style-hits-spains-catwalk