SPRING-SUMMER ‘27
“We carry memory. We carry gestures. We carry the knowledge of the hands that came before ours.”
“SS27” looks at what remains of that inheritance today, not as nostalgia and not as a recreation of the past, but as something alive. It appears in the way color is used, pattern is mixed, the body is wrapped and beauty is understood. Heritage becomes instinct, and memory becomes movement.
THE OBJECTS: WHAT THE HANDS REMEMBER
Across Latin America, objects and textiles carry meaning beyond function: patterns hold knowledge, colors carry meaning, and craft passes memory across generations. In Colombia, the collection began with three: the carriel of Jericó, the Wayuu mochila, and the Iraca palm baskets of Nariño. More than objects, they reveal how culture is carried—and how what is inherited continues to live through transformation.
THE GESTURE: WHERE THE SILHOUETTE BEGINS
The body shifts when it carries: a shoulder drops, a hand gathers, weight moves toward the hip. These gestures shaped the collection.
“I wanted to think about fabric before it becomes a garment—how it can wrap, gather, protect, and carry.” —Johanna Ortiz
Generous volumes meet intimate proportions, shaped ultimately by the woman who wears them.
PATTERN AND COLOR: AN INHERITED CONFIDENCE
The collection draws on Latin America’s instinctive confidence with pattern and color, where stripes, checks, embroidery, and vivid hues coexist in unexpected harmony. In SS27, prints meet prints, geometry meets florals, and color runs free—a harmony that feels less composed than deeply known.
MEMORY AND TRANSFORMATION: THE INTELLIGENCE BEHIND THE OBJECT
The carriel, mochila, woven basket, and wrapped cloth are not literal references, but expressions of how utility becomes beauty and technique carries memory. Reimagined through Johanna Ortiz’s language of print, proportion, and sensuality, they explore the inheritance we carry forward. The narrative continues through collaborations with Guanabana, with handwoven Wayuu bags inspired by the traditional mochila, and Mar, whose woven pieces bring movement and individuality to the collection.
“SS27” is, ultimately, about inheritance without nostalgia: what remains with us, what we transform, and what we choose to carry forward.
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