TWO MADRID FASHION HOUSES SHOWED A STRIKING RANGE OF DAY AND EVENING WEAR LAST WEEK (25/26 JANUARY) IN A SETTING AS ELEGANT AND ROMANTIC AS THEIR "GREAT OCCASION" MODELS.

SPANISH FASHIONS HAVE SUCCESSFULLY ENTERED THE WORLD MARKET: ABOUT 30% OF THE MODELS PRODUCED BY "HERRERO-Y-OLLERO" AND "ELIO BERHANTER" - THE TWO HOUSES REPRESENTED AT THIS SHOW - ARE EXPORTED. TOP RANKING AMERICAN STORES ARE SAID TO PREFER THE MORE CONSERVATIVE SPANISH STYLE TO THE ENGLISH AND FRENCH IDEA OF FASHION.

THE ACCENT THROUGHOUT WAS ON THE UNEXPECTED: VICTOR-STYLE LACE "PANTALETTES" UNDER A JACKET AND SKIRT OF CLASSICAL TAILORED SIMPLICITY' A JUMPER SUIT WHICH CAN BE DISMANTLED PIECEMEAL BY PULLING ZIP AFTER ZIP; BLACK TRANSPARENT LACE USED NOT FOR A LOW-CUT SHEATH DRESS BUT FOR A STUNNING EVENING PYJAMAS SUIT. THE RESULT WAS SHOW WHICH HELD THE ATTENTION FROM BEGINNING TO END.