Carla Fernández is one of the most recognized fashion houses in Mexico. The house works at the forefront of ethical fashion worldwide, documenting and preserving the rich textile heritage of indigenous communities and other local and urban collectives in Mexico.
The designs are created in creative and productive collaboration with more than 175 weavers, embroiderers, wood carvers, and dyers from 15 states of Mexico who use traditional techniques and processes that lead to contemporary fashion.
The work done in collaboration with Mexican artisans has been exhibited individually in museums such as the Denver Art Museum, Victoria & Albert Museum in London, Isabella Stewart Gardner in Boston, Museo Anahuacalli, Museo Jumex and Museo Franz Mayer in CDMX, Fábrica San Pedro in Uruapan Michoacán, Heath Ceramics in San Francisco, RISD Museum in Rhode Island, SCAD Museum in Savannah, among others.
The fashion house’s work has also been part of 30 group exhibitions, including Woman in Fashion at the Peabody Essex Museum, Landscapes of Design, Women at the Heart of Domaine de Boisbuchet in Fracc Centre-Val de Loire, Diseño en Femenino, among others. It work was also part of the 2022 edition of Nomadic Nights of the Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art in Paris.
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