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Paper Fashion

Start Date 12 March 2015
End Date 12 April 2015
Venue Museo Del Traje
Location Madrid, Spain

The exhibition presents a retrospective of the historic paper dress contest held since the 1950s in the town of Güeñes (Bizkaia). Under the title “Fashion on paper” are some of the most outstanding pieces of the contest designed by: 

ALBERTO SINPATRONION FIZJAVIER BARROETAANTONIO ALVARADOMARÍA CLÉMERCEDES DE MIGUELALICIA RUEDA 

The first edition of the contest dates back to 1958, constituting itself as one of the oldest contests of these characteristics of all those held in the State. The initiative starts from the popular will and connects with the industrial tradition of the area. The Las Encartaciones region, where the town of Güeñes is located, was an important enclave during the industrial revolution due to its mining tradition and its thriving textile industry with the Encartada textile factory, established in 1892, as a benchmark. 

Today, the event seeks to preserve the tradition of its environment and involve young designers and professionals in the fashion sector in this almost sixty-year event.