Cynthia Gomez ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ Huazolo Aphrodites ᱥᱤᱞᱟᱹᱭ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤᱭᱟᱱ ᱞᱩᱜᱟᱹᱫ

Cynthia Gomez ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ Huazolo Aphrodites ᱥᱤᱞᱟᱹᱭ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤᱭᱟᱱ ᱞᱩᱜᱟᱹᱫ ᱫᱚ ᱯᱷᱮᱥᱚᱱ, ᱞᱤᱡᱟᱹ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱟᱥᱚᱱ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱯᱨᱚᱛᱤᱡᱚᱜᱤᱛᱟ ᱵᱷᱟᱜ ᱨᱮ 2025 A' Design Award ᱨᱩᱯᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱟᱹᱰᱤ ᱢᱟᱱ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱡᱤᱛᱠᱟᱨ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾

ᱨᱩᱯᱟᱯᱷᱮᱥᱚᱱ· 2025

Huazolo Aphrodites ᱥᱤᱞᱟᱹᱭ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤᱭᱟᱱ ᱞᱩᱜᱟᱹᱫ

Cynthia Gomez ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱛᱮ

ᱜᱟᱦᱟᱠ: Ensamble Artesano and Niu Matat Napawika

ᱯᱷᱮᱥᱚᱱ ᱵᱷᱟᱜ ᱨᱮ A' Design Award ᱨᱩᱯᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ ᱡᱤᱛᱠᱟᱨ

223,557

ᱡᱟᱸᱪ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱮᱣᱟᱨᱰ ᱡᱤᱛᱠᱟᱨ

#169193 ᱞᱟᱜᱤᱫ ᱮᱣᱟᱨᱰ ᱦᱟᱞᱚᱛ ᱡᱟᱸᱪ

ᱥᱟᱭᱤᱴ ᱧᱮᱞ ᱢᱮ A' Design Award ᱨᱮ ᱧᱮᱞ ᱢᱮ ᱯᱨᱮᱥ ᱨᱤᱞᱤᱡ ᱯᱩᱨᱥᱠᱟᱨ ᱵᱮᱡ

ᱨᱚᱝ

ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ

Huazolo Aphrodites ᱥᱤᱞᱟᱹᱭ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤᱭᱟᱱ ᱞᱩᱜᱟᱹᱫ ᱵᱟᱵᱚᱛ ᱛᱮ

ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱯᱨᱚᱡᱮᱠᱴ ᱫᱚ ᱚᱣᱟᱠᱥᱟᱠᱟ ᱢᱮᱠᱥᱤᱠᱚ ᱨᱤᱱ ᱟᱹᱫᱤᱵᱟᱹᱥᱤ ᱥᱤᱞᱟᱹᱭ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱜᱩᱨᱩ ᱥᱤᱞᱯᱤ ᱠᱚ ᱟᱨ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱᱟᱨ ᱠᱚ ᱛᱟᱞᱟᱨᱮ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱛᱮ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱞᱮᱱᱟ, ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱫᱚ ᱪᱤᱱᱦᱟᱹ, ᱪᱤᱱᱦᱟᱹ ᱥᱟᱬᱮᱥ, ᱟᱨ ᱟᱹᱫᱤᱵᱟᱹᱥᱤ ᱜᱚᱴᱷᱚᱱ ᱠᱚ ᱨᱤᱱ ᱛᱚᱨᱤᱠᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱᱟᱨ ᱠᱚᱣᱟᱜ ᱧᱮᱞ ᱛᱮ ᱱᱟᱶᱟ ᱡᱩᱜᱽ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱯᱷᱮᱥᱚᱱ ᱡᱤᱱᱤᱥ ᱨᱮ ᱢᱮᱥᱟ ᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱠᱚ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱞᱮᱫ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱸᱫ᱾ ᱡᱤᱨᱚ ᱣᱮᱥᱴ ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱱ ᱢᱟᱲᱟᱝ ᱛᱚᱨᱤᱠᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱱᱟᱶᱟ ᱡᱩᱜᱽ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱥᱩᱱᱫᱚᱨ ᱛᱮ ᱢᱮᱥᱟ ᱠᱟᱛᱮ, ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱯᱨᱚᱡᱮᱠᱴ ᱫᱚ ᱥᱤᱞᱯᱤ ᱠᱚᱣᱟᱜ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱞᱟᱠᱪᱟᱨ ᱢᱟᱱᱚᱛ ᱩᱫᱩᱜ ᱥᱚᱫᱚᱨ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱟᱹᱠᱤᱱ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱠᱟᱹᱣᱰᱤ ᱦᱟᱹᱴᱤᱧ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱢᱚᱣᱠᱟ ᱮᱢᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱱᱟᱶᱟ ᱡᱩᱜᱽ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱡᱮᱜᱮᱛ ᱨᱮ ᱟᱹᱠᱤᱱᱟᱜ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱥᱩᱱᱫᱚᱨᱛᱟ ᱫᱮᱠᱷᱟᱣ ᱮᱫᱟᱭ᱾

ᱢᱟᱱᱟᱱ

A' Design Award ᱨᱩᱯᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ ᱵᱟᱵᱚᱛ ᱛᱮ

Huazolo Aphrodites ᱥᱤᱞᱟᱹᱭ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤᱭᱟᱱ ᱞᱩᱜᱟᱹᱫ ᱫᱚ A' Design Award ᱨᱩᱯᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ ᱧᱟᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱥᱩᱱᱫᱚᱨ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱠᱚ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱮᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱥᱚᱢᱟᱱ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱫᱚ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱᱟᱨ ᱠᱚ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱵᱷᱟᱵᱱᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱠᱟᱢᱤ ᱡᱷᱟᱞᱠᱟᱣ ᱠᱚ᱾ Huazolo Aphrodites ᱥᱤᱞᱟᱹᱭ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤᱭᱟᱱ ᱞᱩᱜᱟᱹᱫ ᱫᱚ ᱠᱚᱞᱟ, ᱣᱤᱜᱭᱟᱱ, ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱟᱨ ᱴᱮᱠᱱᱚᱞᱚᱡᱤ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱥᱤᱢᱟ ᱵᱟᱲᱦᱟᱣ ᱟᱨ ᱫᱩᱱᱤᱭᱟ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱜᱚᱲᱚ ᱮᱢ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾

ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱯᱤᱪᱷᱟ ᱨᱮ

ᱯᱨᱮᱥ ᱠᱤᱴ

ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱᱟᱨ ᱧᱮᱞ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱠᱨᱮᱰᱤᱴ, ᱴᱤᱢ ᱥᱫᱚᱥᱭ ᱟᱨ ᱴᱮᱠᱱᱤᱠᱮᱞ ᱵᱤᱵᱚᱨᱚᱬ ᱮᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾

ᱟᱞᱜᱟ ᱜᱩᱱ ᱠᱚ: 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
ᱢᱟᱯ ᱟᱨ ᱯᱮᱠᱮᱡᱤᱝ: poncho 90 cm x 120 cm
blouse 60 cm x 60 cm
dress 90 cm x 80 cm
ᱴᱮᱜ ᱠᱚ: collaboration, indigenous communities, embroidery, heritage, traditions, sustainable, fashion
ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱛᱮᱠᱱᱚᱞᱚᱡᱤ: 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.
ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱱ ᱪᱮᱞᱮᱧ: 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.
ᱜᱚᱵᱮᱥᱚᱱᱟ: 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.
ᱯᱨᱮᱨᱚᱱᱟ: 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
ᱯᱨᱚᱡᱮᱠᱴ ᱥᱚᱢᱚᱭ: The project started in March 2023 and finish in February 2024
ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱦᱚᱨ: They are easy to handle garments, as they are made from squares and rectangles.
ᱴᱤᱢ ᱥᱮᱫᱟᱭ ᱠᱚ: Cynthia Gomez
ᱪᱤᱛᱟᱹᱨ ᱥᱟᱹᱦᱟ: Photographer Silvestre Garcia
Hairstylist Ignazio Muñoz
Makeup artist Ian Bautista
Models Diana Ortiz and Aislynn Diana
Stylist Vanesa Bojalil