The collection ranges from works of avant-garde dernier cue and abstract futurist designs to classic silhouettes that reflect the nation’s golden age and pre-Hispanic history
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS There’s nothing fast about Mexican designer Jaime Ibiza’s fashion. It is a labored and deliberate act of love that translates into timeless style and understated elegance. And that is exactly the message conveyed in his new three-minute video, “Talismán,” which he premiered on Wednesday, Nov. 23, to a standing-room-only crowd of fans and aficionados at the Lomas
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS After a few unforeseen delays, the Spanish startup footwear fashion brand Mim finally expanded into Mexico this month with a dramatic boots, office and casualwear collection and a much-anticipated presence in the Mexican high-end department store Liverpool. As of Tuesday, Nov. 8, Mim, which was founded in 2015 and is now a subsidiary of the exclusive Scalpers
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS For years — 131 years, to be exact — Palacio de Hierro (which was originally known as Las Fábricas de Francia) has been the gold standard of haute couture in Mexico, offering the finest styles from Europe and the rest of the world, while at the same time promoting and showcasing up-and-coming national designers. Even for those
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS In an innovative act of couture diplomacy, the Israeli Embassy in Mexico hosted the first-ever Israel Fashion Mexico parade at the Monte Sinai Cultural Center in the Mexico City municipality of Cuajimalpa on the night of Tuesday, Sept. 6. The event, which was part of the embassy’s ongoing celebration of the 70th anniversary of diplomatic relations, included
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS The German sportswear brand Puma and Mexico’s Coppel department stores have just signed Grammy-nominee Paty Cantú as their new brand ambassador. As part of the first-ever Coppel Sneaker Fest, Cantú met with fans at the chain’s Oceanía Shopping Mall in Mexico City on Thursday, Aug. 11, to present Puma’s latest sports shoe designs and to talk about
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THE SUMMERTIME BLUES By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Summertime in Mexico means a little bit of every season every day. The day may start off warm and springy and turn sweltering hot by mid-afternoon. Then a sudden thunderstorm can bring temperatures down to sweater weather, or, if there is a breeze, even winter chills. All those temperature shifts throughout the day can
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PULSE NEWS MEXICO The Mexican Football Federation (FMF) announced on Friday, July 8, its new home jerseys for the Mexican national team to wear at the 2022 World Cup, slated to take place in Qatar from Nov. 21 to Dec. 18. The new uniform of the national team is inspired by one of the main gods of the ancient Aztec
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Neither sleet, nor rain, nor gloom of night … okay, there wasn’t any sleet or gloom of night, but stormy skies and intermittent rain didn’t put a damper on Mexico’s Diplomatic Wives Association’s (ACD) first-ever haute couture garage sale on Wednesday, June 22. In fact, the response was so great that by the end of the second
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS No More Brassy Blondes Nothing says beauty like a healthy head of long, luxurious locks. And should that hair just happen to be blonde, the impact of its sway increases at least threefold. According to a recent study conducted at University College London, lighter hair increases men’s ratings for youth, health and attractiveness in a woman by
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