Latin Fashion Designers - Latinx Designers to Know in 2023
My family is from Mexico City, but I was born in San Diego, which is on the border of Mexico. I have always said I grew up “straddling” both sides of the border. Being Mexican, American, Jewish, and gay has always been a huge influence on both my life and work. Sometimes, it can be very literal, like our Spring 2020 collection, which was inspired by my Mexican heritage. Other times, it happens subconsciously.
For our Spring 2024 collection, we did an embroidered tulle coat in collaboration with Péro. When the coat came back, everyone commented that it would be something that Frida Kahlo would wear. I wasn’t thinking of Frida or Mexico when making the coat, but she (and my heritage) are so embedded in me that it just naturally comes out.
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