MBFW Madrid Extends March 2026 Runway to Five Days, Adding 30 Designers

MBFW Madrid adds a fifth day of fashion shows in its next edition. The catwalk of the capital will be held from March 18th to 22nd, 2026, a few weeks later than usual, incorporating an additional day to the agenda communicated weeks ago.

The adjustment comes after the event announced in November that the edition would take place from March 18th to 21st, as part of a reconfiguration of the calendar to avoid overlaps with the European circuit and strengthen its appeal to press and buyers.

According to the organizers, the expansion is a response to a call for entries with a “record” volume of applications and a particularly outstanding creative quality. The goal is to allow more proposals to enter the official calendar and reinforce the lineup.

With the new calendar, MBFW Madrid gains margin to absorb the demand and organize a broader program. 30 designers will present their fall-winter 2026/2027 collections, an increase in participation that has pushed the organization to stretch the grid.

MBFW Madrid will present an agenda of 30 designers in its next edition

The catwalk, organized by Ifema Madrid with the support of the Madrid City Council, thus chains two movements in the same edition. In November, Valentina Suárez-Zuloaga, creative director of the event, explained to Modaes that the new location allowed to lengthen the period of preparation and work an own identity for the event.

Along the same lines, Asier Labarga, director of MBFW Madrid since April, then framed the redesign in a strategy to reposition the platform and strengthen its link with the industry, focusing on activations with measurable return and ability to attract business.

The incorporation of the fifth day has been agreed by the MBFW Madrid Fashion Committee, to which the organization attributes a central role in the recent transformation of the event.

Since the last edition, the committee is made up of Ana Antic, CEO of Antic; Ana García-Siñeriz, journalist and writer; Carmen de Terán, digital director at Mulberry; María Eugenia Girón, entrepreneur and board member; Patricia Sancho, CEO of Atenea Consultancy; and Pepa Bueno, executive director of the Asociación de Creadores de Moda de España. Completing the body are Asier Labarga, Valentina Suárez-Zuloaga and Arancha Priede, general manager of Ifema Madrid’s Trade Fair Business.