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Huazolo Aphrodites Vyšívané oblečenie by Cynthia Gomez

Huazolo Aphrodites Vyšívané oblečenie by Cynthia Gomez is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 Strieborná cena A' Design Award in Móda Competition Category.


StriebornáMóda· 2025

Huazolo Aphrodites Vyšívané oblečenie

by Cynthia Gomez

Client: Ensamble Artesano and Niu Matat Napawika

Strieborná cena A' Design Award Winner in Móda Category

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The Design

About Huazolo Aphrodites Vyšívané oblečenie

Tento projekt spočíval v spolupráci domorodých majstrov výšivkárov z Oaxacy v Mexiku a dizajnérov pri vytváraní návrhov, ktoré integrovali identitu, symboliku a techniky domorodých komunít s víziou dizajnérov do súčasného módneho produktu. Spojením tradičných metód, ako je zero waste, s modernou estetikou projekt zdôrazňuje kultúrny význam práce remeselníkov, zároveň poskytuje ekonomické príležitosti a predstavuje krásu ich remesla na súčasnej dizajnovej scéne.

The Recognition

About the Strieborná cena A' Design Award

Huazolo Aphrodites Vyšívané oblečenie je laureát Striebornej ceny A' Design Award, mimoriadne prestížneho uznania udeľovaného nádherným, pôsobivým dizajnom najvyššej kvality. Laureáti Striebornej ceny sú nesmierne brilantné a mimoriadne kreatívne diela, ktoré ilustrujú výnimočnú odbornosť, talent a bystrosť svojich dizajnérov. Od Huazolo Aphrodites Vyšívané oblečenie sa očakáva, že bude úžasným, vzorovým dielom, pozoruhodne profesionálnym a hlboko inovatívnym. Tento dizajn ocenený Striebornou cenou A' Design Award je veľmi pozoruhodný, obdivovaný vynález, ktorý prináša úžitok a posúva hranice umenia, vedy, dizajnu a technológie. Huazolo Aphrodites Vyšívané oblečenie je výtvor, ktorému mnohí závidia, ktorý vzbudzuje túžby, prináša pozitívne pocity a vyvoláva úžas a údiv.

Behind the Design

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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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