Overview
- The house presented its spring–summer 2026 collection in Plaza Mayor during Mercedes‑Benz Fashion Week Madrid, stepping off the New York Fashion Week calendar for the first time for a principal line.
- Carolina Herrera launched the new fragrance La Bomba, with a butterfly‑shaped bottle and a campaign fronted by Vittoria Ceretti, alongside an afterparty at the Casino de Madrid themed as the Hotel La Bomba.
- Roughly 800 international guests attended, including Olivia Palermo, Karolina Kurkova, Pedro Almodóvar and Josh Hutcherson, with streaming extending the show’s reach worldwide.
- Wes Gordon’s collection paid tribute to Madrid’s icons—San Ginés chocolate con churros, Lhardy, Cibeles, Café Gijón and La Violeta—on a Plaza Mayor runway that spotlighted Spanish motifs and silhouettes.
- Local collaboration was central, featuring Sybilla, Alejandro Gómez Palomo, Casa Seseña, Andrés Gallardo and Levens Jewels, as the week opened earlier with Pedro del Hierro’s city‑inspired ‘La Gran Metrópoli’ show.