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Bratty’s Rising Stardom Shines Bright with Dedicated Fans in CDMX

Zai Nájera — Fri, 02 Jun 2023 18:05:32 +0000

Remezcla’s Creative Director Alan Lopez and Zai Nájera attended Bratty’s show in Mexico City. Nájera shares her personal experience with the show and the one factor that caught their attention. Read her perspective and photos below. As an enthusiast of documenting diverse subcultures, attending Mexican indie artist Bratty‘s recent show in CDMX was a unique

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Charro Culture & Mariachi Inspired This Cool Nike Cortez Mockup

Zai Nájera — Wed, 13 May 2020 14:13:44 +0000

“Imported Goods” is the banner for Paisa Boys—a streetwear brand based in Los Angeles created by puros paisas. For the last few years, this brand has managed to represent the Chicano movement and the Mexican community that was born and raised in Los Angeles. Their restlessness represents what their parents and they themselves lived from

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6 Exciting Latina Nail Artists You Should Know

Zai Nájera — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 21:31:39 +0000

For the last few years, we’ve seen nail art become increasingly dramatic. While communities of color, particularly African American ones, have long led the way when it comes to embellished digits, nail art has become ubiquitous across cultures. This means it’s taken many different directions in recent times. Curious to learn how Latinas and Latin

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M.A. is the Art Project Celebrating Indigenous Mexican Craftsmanship

Zai Nájera — Fri, 02 Aug 2019 21:34:54 +0000

Combining artisanal craftsmanship with artistic productions, M.A is a collection of beautiful, handmade pieces helmed by multidisciplinary artist and Tijuana native Mely Ávila. The pieces, which include wool weavings, clay pieces, t-shirts and special commissions, are created in collaboration with Mexican artisans who specialize in ancestral processes. While the project is based in Mexico City,

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Opening Ceremony is Collaborating With Emerging Mexican Designers All Year Long

Zai Nájera — Tue, 11 Jun 2019 20:13:34 +0000

In 2002, Carolina Lim and Humberto Leon launched Opening Ceremony, a retailer and brand that sought to spotlight the talent of independent designers and brands from around the world. Each year since then, the retailer has selected a “country of focus,” highlighting creatives from a specific location at both their brick & mortar and online

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This Photo Series Documents Mexican Identity in All Its Glorious Complexity

Zai Nájera — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 19:11:05 +0000

With his project Mexicano Mx, photographer Dorian Ulises López Macías has joined a bourgeoning movement centered on shifting Mexican beauty norms away from Eurocentric ideals. Through his photography, Dorian seeks to celebrate Mexican identity in all its many facets, shedding the stereotypes associated with it. His project, along with his work as a photographer for inclusive

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The Looks You Need to See From Festival NRMAL 2016

Zai Nájera — Mon, 14 Mar 2016 23:21:57 +0000

Festival Nrmal 2016 wasn’t just about music and mouthwatering food. As always, stylish people from all over the country flocked to Mexico City for a perfect weekend surrounded by friends, cool kids, and dogs (yes, it was pet friendly). The sunny weekend was filled with tons of cool color combos, layers, and matching couples. These looks reminded us that you

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Brooklyn’s Alt Space Provides a Fresh, DIY Alternative to Fashion Week: FASHUN TWEEK

Zai Nájera — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 17:17:24 +0000

Mexican-American curator and stylist Phillip Gomez is one of the brains behind Bushwick’s Alt Space, a new store/showroom/gallery space for fresh, experimental art and fashion. The concept store is an extension of the BK-based culture blog Alt Citizen, and it focuses on selling limited, one-of-a-kind DIY items, which Gomez tells Bullett is an act of “rebellion against a world

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Meet CHIFLADAzine, a Creative Online Community Repping for the Latinternet

Zai Nájera — Mon, 10 Aug 2015 17:07:26 +0000

San Antonio’s CHIFLADAzine – a digital zine showcasing the artwork, poetry, prose, photography, and films of Latinxs – is only about a year old, but thanks to Tumblr it’s already got a growing fan base on both sides of the border. A safe space for works by people of color, the zine has everything from

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Narco Wave Drops New Summer NARCO SPORT Lookbook

Zai Nájera — Thu, 30 Jul 2015 17:07:29 +0000

In 2013, Texas rapper Dro FE dropped his debut EP Narco Wave – a Tejano border kid sound repping for his Rio Grande Valley reality. But Narco Wave came to represent more than just an EP – Dro developed it into a clothing brand and lifestyle movement. “We represent a part of the Mexican/American narco culture that

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