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Latin American room decorator have always shaped manner trends across continents — just look at the lasting legacies of Carolina Herrera , Oscar de la Renta , and Rick Owens , to name a few . And if you ’re concerned in the next undulation of way icons from Central and South America , then the new display at the Museum at FIT is a must see .
¡ Moda Hoy ! Latin American and Latinx Fashion Design Today , on view until November 12 , is full of fashion inspo from young , up - and - coming designers , rare pieces of clothing from major fashion sign , a excerpt of bilingual texts , and projected snippets of fashion films . For co - curators Tanya Melendez - Escalante and Melissa Marra - Alvarez , this novel exhibition of beautiful dress and accessories is also a personal mania project , decades in the devising .
“ I palpate as if my life history has been [ moving ] toward this exhibition for the past two X , ” sound out Melendez - Escalante , senior curator of educational and public plan at the Museum at FIT . “ One garment is very special to me , ” she continues . “ It is a gray suit by Carla Fernández that I learn when I was a alumnus student . The fabric is made by Chamula craftsman using ancient proficiency and the graphic designer Carla Fernández has been doing ethical design since the former 2000s . It was my first way learning and I always thought it deserved to be in a mode museum . To me , this outfit is an instance of how Romance American manner is a powerhouse . ”
"¡Moda Hoy! Latin American and Latinx Fashion Design Today" exhibit at Museum at FIT|Photo by Darian DiCanno
In addition to sustainable fashion , the exhibition is separated into themes include workmanship , grammatical gender ( and the liquidity of gender ) , the influence of autochthonal inheritance , government , and pop finish . whole works from emerging designers that are currently making names for themselves let in : Kika Vargas , Raul Lopez , Gabriela Hearst , and Willy Chavarria .
“ Part of the reason why we wanted to focus the show mainly on contemporaneous fashion was to highlight the diversity of talent and spot emphasis on regions where people have been historically overlooked , ” says Melendez - Escalante . “ In our eyes , this is the beginning of further enquiry that many others will hopefully continue . This is the first time that some of these designers have been acquired by a museum and we are very majestic that we can be a part of this . ”
¡ Moda Hoy ! Latin American and Latinx Fashion Design Todayis on display at the Museum at FIT in Chelsea , Manhattan through November 12 . Admission is complimentary .
"¡Moda Hoy! Latin American and Latinx Fashion Design Today" exhibit at Museum at FIT|Photo by Darian DiCanno
"¡Moda Hoy! Latin American and Latinx Fashion Design Today" exhibit at Museum at FIT|Photo by Darian DiCanno
