The New York designer's AW22 collection, 'UNCUT', unpicked and reframed the rudiments of American dressing from a queer, Chicano perspective.
UNCUT
I have to start with the name, UNCUT. In your release for this collection, you talk about Latinx folks in the U.S. beingfrom the rest of the Latin Americans throughout the American continents. I saw this as a story of unity through identity, can you elaborate on that a bit? I mean of course! First of all, because a lot of Latinos around are uncut. The whole fetishising of the “uncut Latino,” that’s definitely a part of it.
In doing the collection, and then closer to doing the show, we kept seeing news about the war in Ukraine, and I’m thinking about land being stolen from Ukrainian people. And at the same time, I'm thinking about the people who, like us, have had our lands taken. We are the product of the pillaging of our countries. So for me, especially in the United States, it's a story of owning our land and owning who we are.
Ultimately, all of my designs [exist] to empower people and make them feel like they are the best thing that ever walked the earth. Our mission is to make [people] feel as beautiful as we are. That's why I want to put people that look like us, people that are not normally seen in the spotlight [in that space], looking as beautiful and elegant and strong and pure as we actually are.
How do you approach this theme of unity in community and identity while still honouring the nuances of Latinx identity?
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