Carla Fernández

Fashion designer and an Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Artist-in-Residence Carla Fernández works creatively with over 100 artisans from sixteen states in Mexico, celebrating their living cultures by collaborating in the design and production processes. Fernández's fashion house advocates for textiles as the fabric of civilization; her work preserves centuries-old textile techniques belonging to Indigenous communities and other popular and urban collectives in Mexico. She utilized the house’s global platform to promote social justice and fair trade.