The Minister of Industry Minerva Alonso highlights the importance of “being able to take our specialization, craftsmanship and creativity in swimwear abroad.”
Grouped under the Gran Canaria Moda Cálida program, the six brands have dazzled in a central hotel in the capital
Arcadio Domínguez, Elena Morales, Aurelia Gil, Pedro Palmas, Como la trout al trucho and Chela Clo are the six Gran Canaria brands that have surprised this Wednesday in Madrid with some sustainable garments from their swimwear collections, with which they hope to win the 26th edition of the Gran Canaria Swim Week, organized by the Cabildo of Gran Canaria under the umbrella of the Gran Canaria Moda Cálida program and which will take place in October.
The brands have transformed the center of the capital into a catwalk of summer color and prints in an event organized by the island institution together with the Spanish Association of Fashion Creators (ACME), within the framework of the urban trends festival Madrid es Moda, held in parallel to the 76th edition of Mercedes Benz-Fashion Week Madrid 2022.
For the Minister of Industry, Commerce and Crafts of the Cabildo of Gran Canaria, Minerva Alonso, the parade has been an occasion to “bring out our specialization, craftsmanship and creativity” in swimwear, which are “very linked to our territory.” . A sector that the Cabildo supports through the Gran Canaria Moda Cálida program, which includes different actions such as the organization of events, a line of subsidies, scholarships and this increasingly fruitful collaboration with ACME, among other things.
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In addition, he has defined the Gran Canaria Swim Week as "the shuttle" for these textile companies, which will parade alongside other national and international brands in a "unique in the world" catwalk that will position the island as a "European platform for bathroom collections".
The designer Elena Morales has recognized herself as very "fortunate" to share part of a collection in which environmentally friendly clothing stands out as the style of her brand, with which she obtained the Award for Best Sustainable Collection in Gran Canaria Swim Week 2021 by Moda Cálida.
Looking ahead to the new edition of Swimwear Fashion Week, the designer has confirmed that she is going to surprise with a collection based on garments that show "very organic lines, her own prints, sustainable fabrics" and other novelties that are "the latest "in the textile sector.
Her colleague Arcadio Domínguez has stated that the island's catwalk will premiere the trends for the spring and summer collections of 2023 and, although he has not specified many details, he predicts that "the bikini will return with a vengeance" after a few years where the swimsuit had been more popular.
According to the Gran Canarian creator, current trends involve talking about "sustainability, designer fashion and bringing designs closer to the street", since, in his opinion, companies that make few productions require direct contact with the industrial network of its territory, a fact that favors local trade.
During the event it was announced that Aurelia Gil, one of the brands present today in Madrid es Moda, will become the first Canarian couturier to present her work, next Saturday, at Madrid Fashion Week.
Bikinis combined with long gloves and high boots, colorful prints and monochromatic swimsuits in warm tones have been some of the garments that have dazzled on the catwalk, which was attended by representatives of fashion schools and professionals from the textile industry in Spain.
