080 Barcelona Fashion City 2013 – by Silvia Bombardini

 

Dear Shaded
Viewers and Diane,

Earlier
today I landed in Barcelona, a flattered guest of the 080 Barcelona Fashion
latest edition. Coming from a West England palette, the capital of Catalonia
appears almost vainly bright. Warm, exotic and windy, it's much ampler than you
thought and covered in palm trees: at sunset, it exudes a flushed pink glow, like
skin after too many hours musing under the sun.

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Today was my first time here,
and thanks to an early flight I had the chance to walk around a bit, from the
Arc de Triomf to La Rambla, and the Sagrada Familia is a thing of beauty. It would
remind of an immense castle of sand, delicate and valiant, all magic and soft edges.

The shows
venue for this week will be the Disseny Hub Barcelona building, located in Gl

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