Huazolo Aphrodites Vezena odjeća by Cynthia Gomez is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 Srebrna nagrada A' Design Award in Dizajn Mode, Odjeće i Odjevnih Predmeta Competition Category.
SrebroModa· 2025
Huazolo Aphrodites Vezena odjeća
Client: Ensamble Artesano and Niu Matat Napawika
Srebrna nagrada A' Design Award Winner in Moda Category
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The Design
About Huazolo Aphrodites Vezena odjeća
Ovaj projekt nastao je kroz suradnju između autohtonih majstora vezilja iz Oaxace u Meksiku i dizajnera, stvarajući dizajne koji integriraju identitet, simboliku i tehnike autohtonih zajednica s vizijom dizajnera u suvremenom modnom proizvodu. Spajajući tradicionalne metode poput principa nultog otpada s modernom estetikom, projekt naglašava kulturni značaj rada zanatlija, istovremeno pružajući ekonomske mogućnosti i prikazujući ljepotu njihove vještine u suvremenoj dizajnerskoj sceni.
The Recognition
About the Srebrna nagrada A' Design Award
Huazolo Aphrodites Vezena odjeća je pobjednik Srebrne nagrade A' Design Award, izuzetno prestižnog priznanja koje se dodjeljuje vrhunskim, veličanstvenim i dojmljivim dizajnima. Srebrni pobjednici iznimno su briljantna i vrlo kreativna djela koja ilustriraju izuzetnu stručnost, talent i oštroumnost svojih dizajnera. Očekuje se da Huazolo Aphrodites Vezena odjeća bude divno, reprezentativno djelo koje je izuzetno profesionalno i duboko inovativno. Ovaj dizajn koji je osvojio Srebrnu nagradu A' Design Award vrlo je zapažen, nadaleko cijenjen izum koji koristi i pomiče granice umjetnosti, znanosti, dizajna i tehnologije. Huazolo Aphrodites Vezena odjeća je kreacija kojoj se mnogi dive i zavide, koja budi želje, donosi pozitivne osjećaje i raspiruje čuđenje i divljenje.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- This was a collaboration project with the embroiderers Huazolo Aphodites, with the aim of keeping artisanal production alive and preserving the ancestral textile techniques of the community of Santa María Huazolotitlán, Oaxaca, Mexico. It consisted of working together between the designers and the indigenous embroidery master craftsmen,creating a proposal that integrated identity, symbology, and techniques of indigenous communities with the designer's vision in a contemporary fashion product
- Dimensions & Packaging
- poncho 90 cm x 120 cm
blouse 60 cm x 60 cm
dress 90 cm x 80 cm - Tags
- collaboration, indigenous communities, embroidery, heritage, traditions, sustainable, fashion
- Production Technology
- The exchange of knowledge between artisans and designers was achieved, exalting embroidery techniques, promoting sustainability by using local textiles and inputs, as well as managing zero waste in clothing using squares and rectangles for each pattern, based on the traditional indigenous huipil technique.
- Design Challenge
- The challenge was to generate empathy and communication with the indigenous communities since they were more than 1000 km from Mexico City.
We had many meetings to be able to delve into their culture and understand what was most relevant to them in terms of their techniques and silhouettes, so that together we could design garments with which they could identify and produce.
The other challenge was to find sustainable silhouettes and local materials. - Research
- It all started with an immersion with the artisans, to understand their culture, clothing, and techniques they used since past times.
Several meetings were held, sharing the symbols they use; seeking empathy, understanding how relevant textiles are for them.
We crossed many design ideas, until reaching the final proposal, using rhombuses and animals of the region that are part of their embroidery, but fusing them with topography of the place to connect with the contemporary designs. We promote sustainability with zero waste in patterns through the interpretation of their huipil which is made from rectangles. - Inspiration
- We immersed ourselves in the community to learn about its culture, identity, traditions, as well as its clothing and textile techniques. They shared with us the meaning of the symbols they embroider, such as the multicolored rhombuses that show the days of the week and the animal figures that represent the fauna of the region.
The designs took as inspiration the topography of the town, representing the intersections of its streets in diamond and the fauna amplified and segmented in the design - Project Duration
- The project started in March 2023 and finish in February 2024
- Operation Flow
- They are easy to handle garments, as they are made from squares and rectangles.
- Team Members
- Cynthia Gomez
- Image Credits
- Photographer Silvestre Garcia
Hairstylist Ignazio Muñoz
Makeup artist Ian Bautista
Models Diana Ortiz and Aislynn Diana
Stylist Vanesa Bojalil
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