Shopping in Madrid – BLESS Offers Fashion Salvation

Uncategorized — By on May 1, 2008 12:00 am

Clothing store: BLESS

Hours: Mon-Fri 11-2 and 5-9, Saturdays 11-3 and 4-9

Address: Calle Santa Barbara, 11

by Cynthia Blair Kane

BLESS

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
completely unique? Whatever the case may be, the new boutique,
BLESS, is your spot for style salvation.
And this is no blessing in disguise – it’s the real thing.

BLESS has it all. From shoes to bathing suits, short jackets
to short skirts, long sleeves to no sleeves, simple jersey dresses to formal
wear; you are destined to find something distinctive. The overall style is a
combination of solid colors and sophisticated cuts. Clean and urban, young and
chic, fresh and vintage, all describe what you’ll find here.

Depending on your tastes, you can pay up to two hundred euros;
however, prices start at around forty and the racks overfloweth with designer
delights. The clothing lines include: Gestuz, O.Titude, Yono Taola, Ikks, La
Fee Maraboutee, Yerse, and Firetrap. The
diversity creates a collection that is scandalously eclectic – a “blessing”
after the monotony of the Madrid
shopping.

For swimwear, Dunadu is the designer of choice. The bikinis
and one piece suits, around sixty six euros, are innovative, designed with both
fashion and comfort in mind. The shoes, mainly from Portuguese, French and
Spanish designers, are a knock out. With Brako, Troppa, Harlot and Ikks, you
have a choice between funky and chunky, classy and sassy, or cute and comfy.
High heels, low heels, flats and boots – they all have a distinct flare.

So break the curse of conformity, pop
into BLESS, and emerge a born-again hipster.