BARCELONA, August 4, 2008 /FR/ — After having announced in a press conference that 30 designers would take part in the second edition of 080 Barcelona Fashion, coordinated and promoted by Catalonia’s Regional government -Generalitat de Catalunya- with the help of the City of Barcelona and sponsored, among other companies, by Volkswagen, the precise schedule was issued today for the event taking place from september 3rd to 5th included.

It is to be noted that 080 Barcelona Fashion will this time be launching the Spring-Summer 2009 season on the international runways, as it is scheduled just ahead of New York Fashion Week. This decision was a choice, explained in the July press conference Emili Valdero, spokesperson for Generalitat de Catalunya, as the other major fashion event in Spain, the Pasarela Cibeles is taking place, as usual, after Paris Fashion Week, in october, in Madrid.

Here is the 080 Barcelona Fashion schedule  :

Sep. 3

- 06:30 pm: Grand opening of the exhibition by Miriam Ocariz ” From the idea to the runway”.

- 08:30 pm: Teresa Helbig runway show.

- 09:00 pm : Official opening of 080 Barcelona Fashion, hosted by Generalitat de Catalunya.

Sep. 4

- 11:00 am: Martin Lamothe runway show.

- 11:30 am: Alberto Tous runway show.

- 12:30 pm: OSCARLEON runway show.

- 01:00 pm: Lecture by Lutz.

- 04:00 pm: Petar Petrov runway show.

- 05:00 pm: Andrea Llosa runway show.

- 05:30 pm: Manuel Bolano runway show.

- 06:00 pm: Nerea Lurgain runway show.

- 07:30 pm: EBP runway show.

- 08:30 pm: Lutz retrospective runway show.

Sep 5

- 11:00 am: Bressol Project designers runway show.

- 12:00 am: Bambi by Laura runway show.

- 12:30 am: Gori de Palma runway show.

- 01:00 pm: Lecture by Estrella Archs.

- 03:30 pm: Txell Miras runway show.

- 04:00 pm: David Steinhorst runway show.

- 05:00 pm: Zazo & Brull runway show.

- 05:30 pm: Estyrella Archs runway show.

JEAN PAUL CAUVIN

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