Backstage at Cibeles Madrid Fashion Week. Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid 2017. Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid, was known as ''Pasarela Cibeles'' until 2008 or Cibeles Madrid Fashion week up until 2012, is the principal platform to promote fashion in

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. Based in

Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and ...

and often takes place twice a year, in September 2008 held its edition No. 48. The No. 49 edition, which lasted two weeks, was held in February 2009. It is organized by

IFEMA Ifema (short for ''Institución Ferial de Madrid; "''Fair Institution of Madrid") is an entity charged with the organisation of fairs, halls and congresses in their facilities in Madrid. It is a consortium partnered by the Ayuntamiento de Madrid ( ...

, the trade fair in Madrid. In the edition organized for September 18, 2009 they celebrate the 50th edition of the former ''Pasarela Cibeles''. Some of the notable attendees at MBFWM are Spain's

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, socialite and tabloid fixture

Carmen Lomana María del Carmen Fernández de Lomana Gutiérrez (born 1 August 1948) known as Carmen Lomana, is a Spanish businesswoman, television host, socialite and ''haute couture'' collector. She is the widow of Guillermo Capdevila, a famous Chilean ind ...

, French socialite Beatrice D'Orleans, Russian model,

Irina Shayk Irina Valeryevna Shaykhlislamova (russian: Ирина Валерьевна Шайхлисламова; born 6 January 1986), known professionally as Irina Shayk (; russian: Ирина Шейк), is a Russian model and television personality who ...

and also athletes like

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Sergio Ramos, Kaka, Higuain, Ozil and Figo. Some designers that showed their collections included: Davidelfin, Juan Duyos, Adolfo Dominguez, Andres Sarda, Aristocrazy, TCN and Juanjo Oliva.Cibeles Madrid Fashion Week: Las Modelos
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