In Seville you will discover an extensive network of establishments where you can buy dresses and accessories linked to the world of flamenco, made with the same care and dedication as centuries ago.
Did you know that the flamenca dress is the only regional dress that evolves according to fashion? It is, so to speak, a folk costume that does not renounce the glamor, and that every year is renewed with the contributions of excellent designers and designers of the flamenco fashion industry. The combination, you will see, is absolutely irresistible.
Many people come from all over the world to buy these dresses and wear them in our traditional festivals or on special occasions. The general opinion is that the flamenco dress, with those doses of sophistication, showiness, and that special adaptation to the silhouette, favors as few dresses can do.
Its accessories also have these qualities, whose function is to enhance the dress: earrings, necklaces, bracelets, brooches, shawls, shoes, flowers, combs.
Every year in early February, Seville celebrates at the FIBES the Semana Internacional de la Moda Flamenca SIMOF, a meeting of the flamenco design industry that attracts the attention of the whole country. This unique fashion event, unique in the world, sets the trend of the costumes that will be worn on the popular and spontaneous catwalk that is the Feria de Abril in Seville. And another unmissable date with flamenco fashion is WeLoveFlamenco, a specialized catwalk that takes place every year at the Alfonso XIII Hotel.
The ‘mantones’ are a garment widely used in Seville in special events. We can see them not only in the Feria or in the Maestranza, but also in many other social events.
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One of the most used traditional elements is, without a doubt, the ‘abanico’. Many hand-painted designs that are small works of art.
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And finally, marvel at all the complements that will highlight your flamenco look: earrings, necklaces, bracelets, brooches, shawls, shoes, flowers or combs.
It is said that the flamenco dress enhances in such a way that it makes «guitar body».
Celebrities from all over the world have worn it, for example Jacky Kennedy or Grace Kelly.
The masterful use of the fan came to derive a wonderful language of seduction