Cibeles Madrid Fashion Week

The fashion world will have its eyes on Madrid over the coming days as it celebrates its 53rd fashion week. Big names in Spanish fashion such as Adolfo Dominguez, Agatha Ruíz Prado and TCN will be amongst the 45 designers showing off their autumn-winter collections on the Cibeles catwalk. Futhermore, the event offers opportunities for 40 young designers to present their designs to the fashion industry in a effort to encourage new Spanish talent. The event places great emphasis on social media, with a blogger zone and the Soy Cibelino Competition on Facebook. 

The event takes place at the IFEMA (Feria de Madrid) between 18-23rd February.

MadridFusion 2011 25th-27th January

Some of the world's top chefs including Ferran Adrià, Pierre Gagnaire and Heston Blumenthal will be in Madrid for the 9th edition of MadridFusion, a three day event of workshops, demonstrations and talks relating to gastronomy. Each day has a different theme; Tuesday focuses on science and cooking, Wednesday centres on new trends and innovation, whilst managing talent and and commercial success are the topics for Thursday. The live events will be translated simultaneously into English, Spanish and French.

MadridFusion 2011 takes place between 25th and 27th January at the Feria de Madrid (IFEMA). Registration costs 10€ and can be done here. For more details about the different events, speakers and other practical information, visit the MadridFusion website.