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Shopping in Madrid: Chido Güey
Chido Güey's the Shop for the DF look here in Madrid
Have you been painfully aware lately that your wardrobe lacks the edgy pop-cultural flair of DF (Mexico City)? OK, perhaps not, but this revelation will hit with full force once you set foot inside Chido Güey.
Hidden on a typical stretch of inner-city Madrid streets among fruterias, pollerias and locutorias, this little shop...
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Shopping in Madrid: Chido Guey - Get your Funk on!
Chido Guey offers Mexican urban chic here in Madrid. For more info, check out our review.
Shopping in Madrid - BLESS Offers Fashion Salvation
Shopping in Madrid - BLESS Offers Fashion Salvation
by Cynthia Blair Kane
Is opening your closet an act of daily damnation? Do you ask, “Has a clothing curse been placed upon me?” Do you see people on Fuencarral wearing your outfits and desperately pray for something...
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The Adler Hotel
The Adler Hotel is the located within walking distance from such stores as Prada, Ralph Lauren, Carolina Herrera and more. If you are on a shopping safari, this is "big game" territory. See review for details.
London Fashion in Madrid: Trendy Tube - Be a Step Ahead
London Fashion in Madrid: Trendy Tube - Be a Step Ahead
by Heather Hart
Hey girls - love designer clothes but can’t handle the designer price tags? Looking for something truly unique? Make your way over to Trendy Tube, Triball’s highly...
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Trendy Tube is the Way to Avoid Noxious Shopping in Madrid
Trendy Tube is your connection to affordable London Fashion here in Madrid. The owner is bilingual making shopping in English even easier. The Triball zone, in which the shop is located, is known for it's seediness, but that's part of it's charm.
Shopping Madrid: Kling Downtown - The Spanish SoHo
Shopping Madrid: Kling Downtown - The Spanish SoHo
by Heather Hart
With summer rapidly approaching, it may be time to invest in some new breezy wear for those long lazy...
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The Alternatives to the Madrid Mainstream
The newly reclaimed Triball zone in Madrid, just behind Grand Via, offers alternative perspectives on fashion. Curretnly, the new stores in this area number just under 15, but more are being added daily and there is an immediate potential for fifty plus shops. Swing by and say you were there first.
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Shopping Day
Has the recent weather left you a bit blue? If it's a bit cold for terrazas or a walk in the park, don't forget your shopping options.
Shopping in Madrid: Triball - The Next Shopping District?
Shopping in Madrid: Triball - The Next Shopping District?
What exactly is the “Triball” project? Is it related to the modern primitive movement? Does it require indigenous tattoos? Ritual scarification? No, no, and no. “Triball” has no relation to “tribal” at all; in fact, the project is 100 per cent shopping-focused...
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Preparing for the Shopping Masses
Merchants busily prepare as the Triball area converts itself from near-ghetto to alternative shopping area. See story for details.
shopping in Madrid - 80s Fashion
These Boots Were Made for Rockin' - The Best 80s store in Madrid
Remember when "retro" clothing meant styles from the 50s, 60s, and 70s? Well, prepare to feel old my fellow Generations Xers–the 80s...
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Underground Fashion
Today and tomorrow Chamartin station will be converted into yet another of Madrid's fashion arenas. See story for more details.
Fashion - Pasarela de Cibeles, SIMM, and more...
Madrid is En Vogue - Pasarela de Cibeles, SIMM, and more...
Every February and Sept. Madrid is en vogue. It’s an exhilarating time in Spanish fashion as Madrid hosts a series of high profile fashion events. The two biggest events are The Pasarela Cibeles...
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Fashion February
February is fashion month in Madrid with events throughout the city from the cat walk to trade shows to Latin American Fashion. See Shaquina Blake's review for more info.
Holiday - creative gifts
Last-Minute Creative Gifts!
So are you suffering from a bad case of “buyers block” – you simply can’t think of a thing to buy for the people on your list. With the Christmas deadline hurling toward you, you’re getting nervous, no? Don’t worry Madrid is full of innovative gift solutions at great prices – we’ll get your creative consumer juices flowing. Ikonhaus, for example, is ideal for the fashion-ista in your...
shopping - alternative holiday market
Alternative Holiday Market in Lavapiés!
Does the prospect of throwing yourself into the crushing crowds of Sol render you nearly agoraphobic? Are you plagued by some vague consumer guilt over factory-made (sweatshop?) merchandise? So ditch...
art - Mad is Mad
The Art of Irony - Mad is Mad's Autumn Show
“Irony” was the unofficial theme of the evening at the Mad is Mad's Autumn Collective Show. Upon entering one was greeted by a series of Disney drawings gone pornographic: elaborate recreations of these world-famous characters – their heads all replaced with giant phalluses (by Jorge Gonzalez). This set the tone and, interestingly enough...
Fashion
Alternative Fashion Booms in Madrid
Think you are fashionable? Have you checked out Moda Tours? If you are a sucker for off-beat clothes not sold by the commercial franchises, a peek into Moda Tours 2007 will give you directions to explore plenty of alternative and unconventional stores in the Malasaña barrio...
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Double Take
During Cibeles fashion month it seems as though models and photographers are everywhere. However, in the alterna-world of Malasaña, there are sites that make even seasoned fashion photographers do a double take. Don’t miss the opportunity to check out the local designers (see today’s story) showing their wares throughout the hood. If you are stopping for a meal or drink see our reviews for nearby cafes and restaurants.
Clothes - Second hand Vintage
"The The": It's It's Hip Hip
With a name like “The The” this little shop might sound hopelessly redundant and not worth your “time time”, but don’t be so quick to judge – inside it’s downright “hip hip”...
Markets - The Rastro
The Bloody History of the Rastro
The Rastro, Madrid’s largest outdoor market can only be described as “a universe unto itself”. With origins that stretch back nearly five centuries, one can only imagine the plentitude of traditions surrounding this massive Sunday event...
fashion - second hand/vintage
Holala - Your Zombie Connection
Part Americana, part zombie, and totally hip! Holala is a combination vintage /second hand clothing store that’s much more than just clothing - it’s a lifestyle. It’s one branch of the Zombie Brand, which includes furniture, a clothing line and a design studio. In the Holala store itself, everything is for sale: from old 70s-style TVs and vacuum cleaners, to vintage sofas and, of course, clothes.
Fashion - local designers
Lost People: Madrid's Locale for New Designers
Support New Designers! That’s the big idea behind a little store called Lost People, launched by Antonia Cruz four years ago. It’s located near Madrid’s trendiest shopping area, Calle Fuencarral, and provides the very latest in Spanish fashion. All the clothes, hats, purses, and jewelry, featured are from new designers, who might not otherwise have had a platform to promote their products. Antonia Cruz not only showcases new talent, she supports it as well by providing access to her workshop for struggling artists...
Alterna-fashion
Kick Starting a New Genre of Activity in the Bedroom…
Silma is a name you can easily box with names like Lola, Carmela, Angelina, Linda, Evita… get the drift? Anyway, it’s merely a combination of Silvia and Emma, the owners of ‘Silma La Dulce’, a women’s designer store in Madrid.