Claudia Gomis Sanmartín was honoured as Fallera Mayor of Alzira 2027 at her exaltation ceremony on Saturday 7 November at the Gran Teatre d'Alzira. She wore her first official dress, made with an «Alzira» espolín on a «Verde Salvia» background woven by Vives y Marí. The firm also dressed the Fallera Mayor Infantil, María Benedito Iborra, and both Cortes de Honor.
An espolín reserved for the Falleras Mayores of Alzira
The «Alzira» design is owned by Alzira City Council and may only be worn by the city's Falleras Mayores. Claudia Gomis, a member of Falla Caputxins, wears an espolín on a «Verde Salvia» background, woven with 42 trama (weft) colours and four metallic threads: oro liso, oro volteado, oro brescado and plata brescada. Both the urdimbre (warp) and the trama are natural silk.
For Claudia it is her second reign in the Fallas of Alzira, having been the city's Fallera Mayor Infantil in 2015.
The Fallera Mayor Infantil, in her second official dress
María Benedito Iborra, Fallera Mayor Infantil of Alzira 2027 and a member of Falla l'Alquenència, accompanied Claudia in her second official dress: a natural silk lampas with the «Angelus» design in «Hibiscus», woven with 16 trama colours and one metallic thread for the ornament.
María will be honoured tomorrow, Sunday, at 12:00 at the same venue, where she will debut her own «Alzira» espolín. Its colour will be revealed at that ceremony.
The Cortes de Honor, in the «Linaje» design
Both Cortes de Honor wear rayon lampas by Vives y Marí in the «Linaje» design, woven with 12 trama colours and one metallic thread for the ornament: «Arce» for the Corte de Honor and «Musgo» for the Corte de Honor Infantil.
On 15 September, the Falleras Mayores and their Cortes de Honor visited Vives y Marí to collect their fabrics. They toured the production area and signed the firm's Book of Honour.