Huazolo Aphrodites 刺繡服飾 by Cynthia Gomez is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award 銀獎 in 時裝、服飾及成衣設計 Competition Category.
銀時裝· 2025
Huazolo Aphrodites 刺繡服飾
Client: Ensamble Artesano and Niu Matat Napawika
A' Design Award 銀獎 Winner in 時裝 Category
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The Design
About Huazolo Aphrodites 刺繡服飾
此項目由墨西哥瓦哈卡的原住民刺繡工藝大師與設計師攜手合作，創作出融合原住民社群的身份認同、象徵符號及傳統技藝，並結合設計師當代視野的時裝產品。透過將零廢棄等古老工藝方法與現代美學相結合，此項目彰顯了工藝師作品的文化意義，同時為他們提供經濟機會，並在當代設計領域展現其工藝之美。
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 銀獎
Huazolo Aphrodites 刺繡服飾是 A' Design Award 銀獎得主，這是授予頂級、華美而令人印象深刻的設計的極為崇高的認可。銀獎得主是極其卓越、極具創造力的作品，展現出其設計師傑出的專業技能、才華與敏銳。預計Huazolo Aphrodites 刺繡服飾將成為一件出色的典範之作，兼具非凡的專業性與深刻的創新性。這件贏得 A' Design Award 銀獎的設計是一項備受矚目、令人欽佩的發明，造福並拓展藝術、科學、設計和技術的界限。Huazolo Aphrodites 刺繡服飾是一件令人羨慕的創作，它喚起渴望，帶來積極的情感，並激發驚嘆與讚嘆。
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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