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Farm Rio opens first store in Mexico

Brazilian fashion and lifestyle brand Farm Rio continues its global retail expansion with its first store in Mexico, marking the brand’s expansion into Latin America. The 1,140-square-foot store is located on the ground floor of Shopping Artz Pedregal in Mexico City and has been designed by Cajoo Studio to bring together Farm Rio’s love for...

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Carpe diem: the Costa Rican women turning fish into fashion

Costa de Pájaros, Costa Rica - On a beach in Costa Rica, as fishermen land the day's catch, two women are hard at work on a slimy sea bass skin, rubbing, scraping, washing, and tanning the hide to turn it into leather. Two years ago, both Mauren Castro, 41, and Marta Sosa, 70, were stay-at-home mums dependent on their fishermen husbands to...

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Museum at FIT: New expo to showcase modern Latinx American fashion

The Museum at FIT (Fashion Institute of Technology) opened the doors to its new exhibition last Friday, called ‘¡Moda Hoy! Latin American and Latinx Fashion Design Today’. The spotlight is put onto designers from Latin American countries and those of Latin American heritage living in the US, who are often referred to as Hispanic, Latino/Latina,...

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First Latin American Fashion Awards open applications

In November 2023, the first edition of the Latin American fashion awards will take place. The organisers of the event have selected the Dominican Republic as the host country, as per the official press release. The event is the first to celebrate South American, Caribbean, Mexican, and Central American fashion talent. It will recognise both...

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Marcelo Claure as Chairman of Shein Latin America

Shein, the Chinese fast fashion e-tailer, is eyeing growth in Latin America, and on Tuesday announced Marcelo Claure as the region’s chairman. Mr Claure will oversee the company's Latin American strategy and stakeholder affairs in Latin America, working closely with Shein’s management team, and will manage an investment of 100 million dollars....

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Latin American Fashion Summit partners with Luxury Stores at Amazon

In a bid to bring Latin American designers to customers, Luxury Stores at Amazon has announced a new collaboration with the Latin American Fashion Summit (LAFS). The partnership with the multiplatform will allow Amazon customers to purchase from Latin American designers such as Alexandre Birman, Silvia Tcherassi, Adriana Degreas and Maygel...

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Top 3 Trends Shaping Apparel in Latin America

This month’s Fashion Friday podcast series by Euromonitor International explores how casualisation, sustainability and digitalisation has impacted the apparel industry in Latin America. As consumers focused on maximising their budgets and cut unnecessary expenses, the apparel and footwear market declined by 30% in constant fixed prices at a...

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Fashion Friday: Top 3 Trends Shaping Apparel in Latin America

Casualisation, sustainability and digitalisation are the three trendscurrently standing out in Latin America.Due to the effects of the pandemic, consumers are increasing their interest in brands that offer a combination of technical, stretch and street attributes for a more relaxed look. Prolonged confinements diminished social occasions and the...