New York Institutions Promote Hispanic American Fashion

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

There is no doubt that Latinos are increasingly present in the fashion industry. Not only as style icons, as is the case with stars like Jennifer López or Zoë Saldaña, nor as successful designers such as Óscar de la Renta and Carolina Herrera, who dress the first actresses and succeed in their shows throughout the length and breadth of the planet.

We also find Latino protagonists in perhaps less media fields of this industry, that's why the Instituto Cervantes de New York has joined The Museum at FIT (Fashion Institute of Technology) in the Hispanic-American Fashion Culture cycle, a series of activities to show to the public how Latinos are stomping in this world.

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"The really interesting thing is to reinforce the image of the professional of Hispanic American origin in the fashion world and give it visibility," Marisa Fatás, director of the project, tells People en Español. "Throughout Ibero-America we find influential world-class figures, but also many workers and artists from all disciplines that surround the world of fashion."

In order to debate the current fashion scene in Latin America, on March 18 The Museum at FIT will hold the “Latin-American Fashion” round table, where Venezuelan designer Ángel Sánchez will join Colombian jewelery designer Paula Mendoza, Venezuelan accessories designer Yliana Yepez and Mexican menswear designer Ricardo Seco.

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Another activity offered by this institution is the screening, this Monday, March 3, of the film Narraciones: Spanish Fashion Films, by Charo Mora, which collects material from Spanish films about fashion in the 1960s, as well as current short films by famous people. directors like Eugenio Recuenco.

This projection is complemented by the one that will take place on March 11 at the headquarters of the Instituto Cervantes in New York, with the viewing of several films related to the world of fashion and made by Spanish-American directors such as the Colombian Jessica Mitrani, the Spanish Estudio Tundra or Poncho Paradela, from Mexico.

In addition, this month the Institute offered the Empowering Artisan Fashion: Weaving Tradition and Innovation conference, which was attended by women weavers from Chiapas. The Hispanic-American Fashion Illustration round table was also held with illustrators Marcela Gutiérrez, of American origin raised in Guatemala, and Spanish Jordi Labanda.

"We are enjoying the experiences shared by artisans, illustrators, filmmakers or fashion historians, all very inspiring stories," concludes Fatás.