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Celia B SS27: Bringing The World Home

Celia B made her Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid debut with "Indian Summer," an SS27 collection inspired by the Indianos and her own journey between Shanghai, Asturias, and the world. Colorful prints, botanical embroidery, and fluid silhouettes turned travel memories into clothes, marking her arrival in Madrid after three seasons in Copenhagen.

By Majo Velásquez

Updated 04:11 pm EDT, Sep 15, 2026

Published 03:52 pm EDT, Sep 15, 2026

Photo Courtesy: © IFEMA MADRID

Runway

Celia B SS27: Bringing The World Home

By Majo Velásquez

Updated 04:11 pm EDT, September 15, 2026

Published 03:52 pm EDT, September 15, 2026

Photo Courtesy: © IFEMA MADRID

Updated 04:11 pm EDT, September 15, 2026

Published 03:52 pm EDT, September 15, 2026

Photo Courtesy: © IFEMA MADRID

What happens when you leave home, travel the world, and return carrying everything you have seen with you? For Celia B, you turn those memories into clothes.

For the first time, Celia B presented her spring-summer 2027 collection during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid, bringing her colorful universe to the city. After already establishing a presence around Copenhagen Fashion Week, where she had participated for three seasons, often through presentations at events outside the official runway calendar, a fashion week which she felt completely connected with, Madrid felt like her next place to be. Celia B was born in Asturias, and this time she was bringing her world closer to home.

The Indianos: A Story of Leaving and Returning

Titled “Indian Summer”, the collection was presented at the Galería de Cristal of the Palacio de Cibeles, inspired by those unexpected warm days that arrive just as summer begins to disappear. There is something nostalgic about that moment. The season is ending, memories have been made, and eventually it is time to return home. Yet there is also optimism in it because the memories created will always be there.

That idea connects closely to the history of the Indianos, Asturians, and other northern Spaniards who emigrated overseas, particularly to Latin America, and eventually returned home carrying new influences with them, such as architecture, clothing, objects, ideas about beauty, and new ways of living. Celia B immediately recognized herself in that story. RTVE described her as an “Indiana of the 21st century”: someone who leaves, absorbs the world, and brings it back with her.

And perhaps that is what makes Celia B so special. Although deeply connected to Shanghai, where the brand was born, her work remains unmistakably Spanish. She travels, collects, observes, and translates. The results feel global without her losing any sense of home.

Color, Texture, Tension

“Indian Summer” speaks through colorful prints, botanical imagery, embroidery, fluid silhouettes, sheer fabrics that bring movement, playful separates, machine sets, accessories with exaggerated proportions and texture like that three-dimensional floral appliqué we saw throughout the collection. The colors collide, the shoulders become dramatic, and traditionally feminine elements meet eccentric styling.

For me, that tension is where the collection becomes most interesting. Celia B is undeniably feminine, but never predictable. Her clothes feel less like garments and more like souvenirs, pieces collected from different places, cultures, and memories, then brought together into something entirely her own.

Maybe that is the beauty of returning home. You never really come back as the same person. You bring the world with you.

The Collection

Majo Velásquez

Associate Fashion Editor

Fashion student and writer Maria Jose is on a mission to reveal the stories behind the clothes we wear. Combining her love for literature, research, and storytelling, she uses fashion as her primary lens to explore the industry. For her, writing means taking something seemingly distant and making it feel personal, meaningful, and alive.

Tags: Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid September 2026, Spring/Summer Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid

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