Flamenco's fashion returned despite the rage of modern
By: Amani Yassin
The fashion of the Spanish flamenco returned again after decades of extinction under the pressure of renewal and modernization in the International Exhibition of Flamenco's Fashion. It's opened in Barcelona yesterday, where the models wore the traditional Spanish fashions that combines the femininity and the pride. They gave the place the impression of the history's fragrant.
Al-Andalus' greatness appeared strongly in the show through the soft fabrics models, the styles ,and the bright colors such as pink, blue, and red. The ruffles on the arms and the dress' tail and the roses appeared in the flamenco's fashion and was common r in the most models.
The Arabic influences were clear in the models where the multiple layers, the bright colors, and the roses that adorn the head, which is similar to the the clothes of the Egyptian villages' women. The survival of this effect, despite all the years that have passed, is not strange because the culture of the clothing is from cultures that remain for hundreds of years. Even if they developed , their original features remain clear.
The stylists show a white wedding dress but in the Spanish way where the famous ruffles and successive layers at the bottom of the dress.
The flamenco is a type of Spanish music based on dancing. And the Arab effects on flamenco show in the way of throat singing, flamenco guitar and its influenced by the violet . Flamenco originated in Andalus in the eighteenth century. They are well known in Morocco, especially in the cities in North Kttoan, Chefchaouen, Tangier, and other cities .Where the north and the south of Morocco are similar in Spanish culture and architecture of the cities. Flamenco's fashion is special clothes were worn by the dancers during the performance of this dance.
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