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'''Carla Fernández Tena''' (born January 29, 1973), known as '''Carla Fernández''', is a Mexican [[fashion designer]] from [[Saltillo, Coahuila]], based in [[Mexico City]]. She has gained international recognition for her precise approach to documenting and preserving the rich textile heritage of Mexico's indigenous communities by transforming it into abstract contemporary clothing, making a point to demonstrate that tradition is anything but static.<ref name="[[Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum]]">{{cite web | url=http://www.gardnermuseum.org/contemporary_art/exhibitions/past_exhibitions/carla_fernandez_the_barefoot_designer | title=Carla Fernández: The Barefoot Designer: A Passion for Radical Design and Community | access-date=2014-09-29 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141004080744/http://www.gardnermuseum.org/contemporary_art/exhibitions/past_exhibitions/carla_fernandez_the_barefoot_designer | archive-date=2014-10-04 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
'''Carla Fernández Tena''' (born January 29, 1973), known as '''Carla Fernández''', is a Mexican [[fashion designer]] from [[Saltillo, Coahuila]], based in [[Mexico City]].
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Fernández has gained international recognition for her precise approach to documenting and preserving the rich textile heritage of Mexico's indigenous communities by transforming it into abstract contemporary clothing, and proving tradition is anything but static.<ref name="[[Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum]]">{{cite web | url=http://www.gardnermuseum.org/contemporary_art/exhibitions/past_exhibitions/carla_fernandez_the_barefoot_designer | title=Carla Fernández: The Barefoot Designer: A Passion for Radical Design and Community}}</ref>


==Early life and career==
==Early life and career==
Since her childhood, Carla Fernández has been a fan of [[Mexico|Mexican]] culture. Her father is a historian and he traveled to indigenous communities, while her mother visited international fashion centers. Carla discovered the wealth and potential of the Mexican textile and design. Her background in art history and fashion design allowed her to study the indigenous dress from a different angle to the anthropological.
Since her childhood, Carla Fernández has been a fan of [[Mexico|Mexican]] culture. Her father is a historian and traveled to indigenous communities, while her mother visited international fashion centers. Fernández discovered the wealth and potential of Mexican textiles and designs. Her background in art history and fashion design allowed her to study the indigenous dress from a different angle to the anthropological.


With the experience of having worked for [[Conaculta]] and Fonart, promoting design and development of craft techniques in indigenous communities, she shaped her knowledge in art history from the Universidad Iberoamericana and was named one of the "50 People that move Mexico" by Quién magazine.<ref name="Carla Fernández Mercedes Benz Fashion Week México">{{cite web | url=http://flashcorporation.com/program/disenador/carla-fernandez/ | title=Carla Fernández: Mexico Fashion Week}}</ref><ref name="Los 50 personajes que mueven a México">{{cite web | url=http://www.quien.com/espectaculos/2010/10/25/45-carla-fernandez | title=Los 50 personajes que mueven a México}}</ref>
With the experience of having worked for [[Conaculta]] and Fonart promoting design and development of craft techniques in indigenous communities, she shaped her knowledge in art history from the Universidad Iberoamericana and was named one of the "50 People that move Mexico" by ''Quién'' magazine.<ref name="Carla Fernández Mercedes Benz Fashion Week México">{{cite web|url=http://flashcorporation.com/program/disenador/carla-fernandez/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140929180754/http://flashcorporation.com/program/disenador/carla-fernandez/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-09-29 |title=Carla Fernández: Mexico Fashion Week }}</ref><ref name="Los 50 personajes que mueven a México">{{cite web | url=http://www.quien.com/espectaculos/2010/10/25/45-carla-fernandez | title=Los 50 personajes que mueven a México | access-date=2014-09-29 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101031121719/http://www.quien.com/espectaculos/2010/10/25/45-carla-fernandez# | archive-date=2010-10-31 | url-status=dead }}</ref>


==Brand==
==Brand==
[[File:2018 Poncho Poema, Carla Fernández 01.jpg|thumb|upright|''Poncha Poema'', 2018. ([[RISD Museum]])]]
Through her ready-to-wear collections, books, and exhibitions, designer and entrepreneur Carla Fernández is blending traditional textiles with avant-garde techniques to create a new look for Mexico’s style mavens.
Fernández combines traditional textiles with avant-garde techniques.


Along with her eponymous line of ready-to-wear clothes—which Fernández began in 2000 and is inspired by traditional Mexican textiles and geometric patterns—Fernández is the head of Taller Flora, a mobile design laboratory that brings together Mexican designers and indigenous artisans to create lines of couture and ready-to-wear garments. Their goal is to show the world an at once modern and ancient Mexican style that pushes the boundaries of fashion while remaining true to its roots.
Along with her eponymous line of ready-to-wear clothes — which Fernández began in 2000 and which is inspired by traditional Mexican textiles and geometric patterns — Fernández is the head of Taller Flora, a mobile design laboratory that brings together Mexican designers and indigenous artisans to create lines of couture and ready-to-wear garments. Their goal is to show the world an at once modern and ancient Mexican style that pushes the boundaries of fashion while remaining true to its roots.


[[File:2018 Carla Fernández Indigenous Americas Map Tunic for Taller Flora 01.jpg|thumb|upright|Fernández's 2018 "Indigenous Americas Map Tunic"]]
Her proposal is contemporary and edgy with a warm and intellectual touch at the same time. This style is the result of 15 years of experience studying the Mexican Apparel, perceiving in it a striking design potential. Her line takes its roots in the same way that the French make their fashion inspired by royalty or the Japanese in the Kimono.
Her proposal is contemporary and edgy with a warm and intellectual touch at the same time. This style is the result of 15 years of experience studying the Mexican Apparel, perceiving in it a striking design potential. Her line takes its roots in the same way that the French make their fashion inspired by royalty or the Japanese in the Kimono.
The brand garments reflect the sophisticated system of indigenous clothing based on the use of the square and rectangle, and works to create contemporary garments that give a new dimension to the body and break the stereotypes that are exported to Mexico. The reinterpretation of this complex system, and working directly with artisans, is the hallmark of the brand, for which the tradition is not static fashion.<ref name="Carla Fernández: Taller Flora">{{cite web | url=http://carlafernandez.com/en/manifiesto/?p=13 | title=Taller Flora}}</ref>
The brand garments reflect the sophisticated system of indigenous clothing based on the use of the square and rectangle, and works to create contemporary garments that give a new dimension to the body and break the stereotypes that are exported to Mexico. The reinterpretation of this complex system, and working directly with artisans, is the hallmark of the brand, for which the tradition is not static fashion.<ref name="Carla Fernández: Taller Flora">{{cite web|url=http://carlafernandez.com/en/manifiesto/?p=13 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140929180743/http://carlafernandez.com/en/manifiesto/?p=13 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-09-29 |title=Taller Flora }}</ref>

In response to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico|COVID-19 pandemic]], Fernández teamed up with ten artisans from Michoacan, Colima, Oaxaca, Chiapas, and Guerrero to make ecological face masks based upon traditional wooden masks.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mexican designer collaborates with artisans to create ecological masks |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/english/mexican-designer-collaborates-artisans-create-ecological-masks |website=El Universal |accessdate=July 14, 2020 |language=es |date=12 July 2020}}</ref>


==Exhibitions==
==Exhibitions==

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*"The Barefoot Designer: A workshop to Unlearn" - [[Museo Jumex]], [[Mexico City]] <ref name="The Barefoot Designer at Museo Jumex">{{cite web | url=http://www.fundacionjumex.org/es/exposicion/la-disenadora-descalza-un-taller-para-desaprender | title=The Barefoot Designer Exhibition}}</ref>
The Denver Art Museum - 2022 “a Mexican Fashion Manifesto”
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*"The Barefoot Designer: A workshop to Unlearn" - [[Museo Jumex]], [[Mexico City]] - 2016 <ref name="The Barefoot Designer at Museo Jumex">{{cite web | url=http://www.fundacionjumex.org/es/exposicion/la-disenadora-descalza-un-taller-para-desaprender | title=The Barefoot Designer Exhibition | access-date=2016-04-19 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160419082034/http://www.fundacionjumex.org/es/exposicion/la-disenadora-descalza-un-taller-para-desaprender | archive-date=2016-04-19 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
*"The Future is Handmade! Fashion + Art + Home" - Red Desert, Downtown Los Angeles CA - 2015
*"The Future is Handmade! Fashion + Art + Home" - Red Desert, Downtown Los Angeles CA - 2015
*"Design. Culture. Mexico" - Boiler Room at [[Heath Ceramics]] - 2015
*"Design. Culture. Mexico" - Boiler Room at [[Heath Ceramics]] - 2015
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*[[Museum of Craft and Folk Art]]<ref name="Invitados de Lujo en México">{{cite web | url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/columnas/82490.html | title=Invitados de Lujo en México}}</ref>
*[[Museum of Craft and Folk Art]]<ref name="Invitados de Lujo en México">{{cite web | url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/columnas/82490.html | title=Invitados de Lujo en México}}</ref>
*Cultural Centre Spain<ref name="Cultural Centre Spain">{{cite web | url=http://carlafernandez.com/en/expos/?p=61 | title=Cultural Centre Spain}}</ref>
*Cultural Centre Spain<ref name="Cultural Centre Spain">{{cite web | url=http://carlafernandez.com/en/expos/?p=61 | title=Cultural Centre Spain}}</ref>
*Cultural Agents [[Harvard]]<ref name="Cultural Agents Harvard">{{cite web | url=http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~cultagen/programs/programs_past_fashion.html | title=Cultural Agents Harvard}}</ref>
*Cultural Agents [[Harvard]]<ref name="Cultural Agents Harvard">{{cite web|url=http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~cultagen/programs/programs_past_fashion.html |title=Cultural Agents Harvard |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112700/http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~cultagen/programs/programs_past_fashion.html |archivedate=2016-03-04 }}</ref>
*[[Musac]] Spain <ref name="Musac Spain">{{cite web | url=http://www.europapress.es/cultura/noticia-castilla-leon-carla-fernandez-realizara-musac-pop-up-store-ropa-serigrafiada-mujeres-hogar-espera-20101016131029.html | title=MUSAC Spain}}</ref>
*[[Musac]] Spain <ref name="Musac Spain">{{cite web | url=http://www.europapress.es/cultura/noticia-castilla-leon-carla-fernandez-realizara-musac-pop-up-store-ropa-serigrafiada-mujeres-hogar-espera-20101016131029.html | title=MUSAC Spain}}</ref>
*Ethnical Fashion Show [[Paris]]<ref name="Ethnical Fashion Show">{{cite web | url=https://www.notjustalabel.com/editorial/carla-fernandez | title=Ethnical Fashion Show}}</ref>
*Ethnical Fashion Show [[Paris]]<ref name="Ethnical Fashion Show">{{cite web | url=https://www.notjustalabel.com/editorial/carla-fernandez | title=Ethnical Fashion Show}}</ref>
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==Awards and recognitions==
==Awards and recognitions==
The brand has been recognized simultaneously by two strengths: being at the forefront of design and a business model for its social vision. Carla was awarded the international prize Young Fashion Entrepreneur in the Year 2008 by the [[British Fashion Council]] and the magazine ID 2009 presented her as one of the 40 best designers of the moment internationally. Moreover, the revolutionary idea of craft-industrial production has been exhibited in lectures at universities such as [[Harvard]], [[MIT]], [[Fashion Institute of Technology]] (FIT), Universidad Iberoamericana and the [[Institute of Contemporary Arts]] in [[London]].
The brand has been recognized simultaneously by two strengths: being at the forefront of design and a business model for its social vision. Fernández was awarded the international prize Young Fashion Entrepreneur in the Year 2008 by the [[British Fashion Council]] and the magazine ''ID'' in 2009 presented her as one of the 40 best designers of the moment internationally. Moreover, the revolutionary idea of craft-industrial production has been exhibited in lectures at universities such as [[Harvard]], [[MIT]], [[Fashion Institute of Technology]] (FIT), Universidad Iberoamericana and the [[Institute of Contemporary Arts]] in [[London]].

Her designs have been published in several books, including Fashioning Fabrics by Sandy Black and The Air is Blue by Hans Ulrich Obristy. Among the fashion publications in which her work has appeared are [[ELLE]], [[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]], In Fashion, ID, [[Harper’s Bazaar]] and Wallpaper. Mexican newspapers, including Reforma and Excelsior have recognized the brand and highlighted its main strength which is that it has a product with creative and original design, able to interweave past and tradition, artisans and designers to fashion and its future.
Her designs have been published in several books, including ''Fashioning Fabrics'' by Sandy Black and ''The Air is Blue'' by Hans Ulrich Obristy. Among the fashion publications in which her work has appeared are ''[[ELLE]]'', ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'', ''In Fashion'', ''ID'', ''[[Harper's Bazaar]]'' and ''Wallpaper''. Mexican newspapers, including ''Reforma'' and ''Excelsior'', have recognized the brand and highlighted its main strength, which is that it has a product with creative and original design, able to interweave past and tradition, artisans and designers to fashion and its future.


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
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Latest revision as of 01:59, 26 August 2024

Carla Fernández
Carla Fernández
BornJanuary 29, 1973 (1973-01-29) (age 51)
Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico[1]
EducationUniversidad Iberoamericana
Known forMexican Textile
LabelCarla Fernández
Awards

Carla Fernández Tena (born January 29, 1973), known as Carla Fernández, is a Mexican fashion designer from Saltillo, Coahuila, based in Mexico City. She has gained international recognition for her precise approach to documenting and preserving the rich textile heritage of Mexico's indigenous communities by transforming it into abstract contemporary clothing, making a point to demonstrate that tradition is anything but static.[3]

Early life and career

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Since her childhood, Carla Fernández has been a fan of Mexican culture. Her father is a historian and traveled to indigenous communities, while her mother visited international fashion centers. Fernández discovered the wealth and potential of Mexican textiles and designs. Her background in art history and fashion design allowed her to study the indigenous dress from a different angle to the anthropological.

With the experience of having worked for Conaculta and Fonart promoting design and development of craft techniques in indigenous communities, she shaped her knowledge in art history from the Universidad Iberoamericana and was named one of the "50 People that move Mexico" by Quién magazine.[4][5]

Brand

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Poncha Poema, 2018. (RISD Museum)

Fernández combines traditional textiles with avant-garde techniques.

Along with her eponymous line of ready-to-wear clothes — which Fernández began in 2000 and which is inspired by traditional Mexican textiles and geometric patterns — Fernández is the head of Taller Flora, a mobile design laboratory that brings together Mexican designers and indigenous artisans to create lines of couture and ready-to-wear garments. Their goal is to show the world an at once modern and ancient Mexican style that pushes the boundaries of fashion while remaining true to its roots.

Fernández's 2018 "Indigenous Americas Map Tunic"

Her proposal is contemporary and edgy with a warm and intellectual touch at the same time. This style is the result of 15 years of experience studying the Mexican Apparel, perceiving in it a striking design potential. Her line takes its roots in the same way that the French make their fashion inspired by royalty or the Japanese in the Kimono. The brand garments reflect the sophisticated system of indigenous clothing based on the use of the square and rectangle, and works to create contemporary garments that give a new dimension to the body and break the stereotypes that are exported to Mexico. The reinterpretation of this complex system, and working directly with artisans, is the hallmark of the brand, for which the tradition is not static fashion.[6]

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Fernández teamed up with ten artisans from Michoacan, Colima, Oaxaca, Chiapas, and Guerrero to make ecological face masks based upon traditional wooden masks.[7]

Exhibitions

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The Denver Art Museum - 2022 “a Mexican Fashion Manifesto”

Awards and recognitions

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The brand has been recognized simultaneously by two strengths: being at the forefront of design and a business model for its social vision. Fernández was awarded the international prize Young Fashion Entrepreneur in the Year 2008 by the British Fashion Council and the magazine ID in 2009 presented her as one of the 40 best designers of the moment internationally. Moreover, the revolutionary idea of craft-industrial production has been exhibited in lectures at universities such as Harvard, MIT, Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), Universidad Iberoamericana and the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London.

Her designs have been published in several books, including Fashioning Fabrics by Sandy Black and The Air is Blue by Hans Ulrich Obristy. Among the fashion publications in which her work has appeared are ELLE, Vogue, In Fashion, ID, Harper's Bazaar and Wallpaper. Mexican newspapers, including Reforma and Excelsior, have recognized the brand and highlighted its main strength, which is that it has a product with creative and original design, able to interweave past and tradition, artisans and designers to fashion and its future.

References

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  1. ^ "Carla Fernández: Prince Claus Fund". Archived from the original on 2015-03-03. Retrieved 2014-09-29.
  2. ^ "Carla Fernández Taller Flora". Archived from the original on 2014-10-06.
  3. ^ "Carla Fernández: The Barefoot Designer: A Passion for Radical Design and Community". Archived from the original on 2014-10-04. Retrieved 2014-09-29.
  4. ^ "Carla Fernández: Mexico Fashion Week". Archived from the original on 2014-09-29.
  5. ^ "Los 50 personajes que mueven a México". Archived from the original on 2010-10-31. Retrieved 2014-09-29.
  6. ^ "Taller Flora". Archived from the original on 2014-09-29.
  7. ^ "Mexican designer collaborates with artisans to create ecological masks". El Universal (in Spanish). 12 July 2020. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
  8. ^ "The Barefoot Designer Exhibition". Archived from the original on 2016-04-19. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  9. ^ "Design from 5 Continents".
  10. ^ "Invitados de Lujo en México".
  11. ^ "Cultural Centre Spain".
  12. ^ "Cultural Agents Harvard". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
  13. ^ "MUSAC Spain".
  14. ^ "Ethnical Fashion Show".
  15. ^ "Stitching Communities".
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