CARLA FERNÁNDEZ POP-UP SHOPPING EVENT

Friday, October 20, 2023
11 am - 4 pm
CALDERWOOD HALL

**Please note: Admission to the Museum is not required to attend this event**

Gift at the Gardner cordially invites you to a one-time Pop-Up Shopping Event showcasing designs from artist-in-residence Carla Fernández! Don’t miss the opportunity to meet and shop with the artist! Discover Carla’s new collection, her best-selling styles, and exclusive selection of Museum-inspired attire. Browse bespoke garments, handcrafted accessories (including jewelry and bags), and books from the fashion house of Carla Fernández. Join us this Friday for this extraordinary fashion experience.

View a selection of garments and accoutrement from Carla Fernández below!

Painted Tecuan Bag. Image © Carla Fernández

Painted Tecuan Bag. Image © Carla Fernández

As seen on the artist’s Anne H. Fitzpatrick Façade installation. Inspired by the iconic Tecuán or Jaguar mask. Handmade and hand-painted leather shoulder bag. Mustache and eyebrows are made from wild boar's hair. Eyes are made from mirrors.

Maxo Coat. Image © Carla Fernández

Oversized coat with an open front, drop sleeves, and shoulder accents. Features hand painted metallic accents by artisan Isaias in Mexico City. The designer's inspiration behind the piece is Mayan Numbers.

Charro Cape. Image © Carla Fernández

Oversized coat with open front, drop sleeves, and shoulder accents. Features hand-painted metallic accents by artisan Isaias in Mexico City.

Beaded Earrings. Image © Carla Fernández

Long earrings handwoven with chaquira in the shape of women.

Gorgeous shimmery blue linen/poly blend adds refinement to this avant-garde cut, which boasts long kimono-styles sleeves cascading off a drop shoulder. Lilac zig zag embroidery on the necklace is hand stitched by artisans in Tenejapa, Chiapas.

Features the tile designs from the Church of San Agustìn now located in the Museum's Spanish Cloister. Inspired by the artist's residency at the Gardner Museum.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Photo of a person. — **Image © Carla Fernández**

Carla Fernández (AIR 2013) is a fashion house based in Mexico City dedicated to preserving and revitalizing the textile legacy of indigenous and mestizo communities of Mexico. The brand’s vision in regards to manual methods proves that ethical fashion can be innovative, avant-garde and progressive.

An agency of change and innovation, bringing new meaning to luxury fashion, the Carla Fernández team travels throughout Mexico visiting communities of artisans who specialize in handmade textiles and centuries-old indigenous techniques. The approach of the brand to these communities is contributing to sustaining ancient indigenous techniques and the people who collaborate with it.

Carla Fernández works in creative and productive collaboration with artisans in each project; techniques such as embroidery or manual weaving are an integral part of the design and production of new pieces and collections. In 2013, Carla was one of 11 globally awarded Amsterdam-based Prince Clause Awards, which recognizes artists whose cultural actions have a positive impact on the development of their communities. We have also had solo exhibitions at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, MA / Jumex Museum in Mexico City / Heath Ceramics in San Francisco, CA / SIFA The O.P.E.N. Festival in Singapore; and group exhibitions at the MAD Museum, New York; Iturbide Palace and Amparo Museum in Mexico City, among others. In addition, the company is a B Corp, a certification that guarantees that best practices are implemented in all areas of the company.

The brand has been featured in publications such as Elle, Vogue, i-D, * wallpaper, T The New York Times magazine, among others.

Learn more about Carla Fernández: Tradition Is Not Static.