Fashion

Fashion

Ismael de la Caridad, Cuba at the center of his designs

Photos: Eduardo Rawdríguez, Asistent: Yordanis Reyes, Make Up and Hair: Pavel Marrero, Location: Estudio 50

With vast experience in the world of fashion design and an ever-rising career, Ismael de la Caridad is today one of the most outstanding costume creators in Cuba, and has reached way beyond the country’s borders.

Salomé: from books to a needle and thread

By Mercy Ramos, Photos: Lilien Trujillo Vitón, Assistant: Alejandro Moya, Makeup and Hair: Rachel Dalmau, Models: Alicia Hechavarría, Jhayna Duarte and Daniela Callejas

Changing her job from book editor, which she was passionate about, to clothing designer was not an easy task for María Salomé Morales. She was leaving a highly valued profession and many years of work and experience to start from scratch. However, she does not regret it because she achieved her dreams.

Moldova / Cuba, two sources of inspiration

By Mercy Ramos Fotografía: Jokerstudio Cuba (Josué Martínez) Producción, Maquillaje y Peluquería: Carlos Monzón Modelo: Camila Barquín

Born in Moldova and settled in Cuba for several decades, she has not abandoned her roots, which in one way or another have always influenced the clothes she designs.

Hairdresser, a profession almost as old as humanity

By Cary Chaviano

The hairdresser or stylist, the specialist who has the ability to modify anyone's hair, thereby improving the look, extremely important especially when someone is interested in looking good at an important event or interview.

Modeling is art, dedication, passion, discipline and commitment

By Cary Chaviano, Vestuario: GAYA

One could say that Jhayna Duarte, one of today’s most soughtafter Cuban models, was born on a catwalk, since practically from the moment she started walking, she was wearing high-heeled shoes and parading around the house, singing and dancing, while her family applauded excitedly.

Bymara and Marajai walk successfully around the world

BY MERCY RAMOS, PHOTOS: JULIO BOTELLA, MODEL: LUCIA ZORRILLA BERENGUER

Bymara and Marajai are two footwear brands that are already “walking” very successfully around the world, the work of Cuban designer Yaimara Muñoz, a great lover of shoe design who has managed to position herself in a prominent place in the world of these accessories.

Mychel Suárez, musician accidentally-turned designer

BY MERCY RAMOS

For this young designer, music is his great passion. However, he exchanged the world of eighth and sixteenth notes for scissors, thread and needles by chance, because shortly after living and working as a musician and singer in the Cuban capital, a friend asked for his help to make various garments for some artists.

Donde Dorian, constant artistic creation

PHOTOS: MY REGUERA, @MYREGUERA_@MYREGUERASTUDIO, ASSISTANT: DEBORAH HERNÁNDEZ

Known widely as a very professional and innovative stylist, Dorian Carbonell Fernández is currently considered an icon in the Cuban hairdressing industry.

Confecciones Maryla: among threads, fabrics, buttons, festoons and buttonholes

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For Maryla Pérez Cordeiro, a simple, enterprising and tenacious woman, designing clothes is creating. It is the art of understanding the needs of people with diverse tastes and producing what they want or need for their daily lives.

Fashion by bénédí

In this edition our fashion pages are entirely dressed in Bénédí – the high fashion label of Cuban Designer José M. Riverón-Benedí. We are very glad to present this talented Cuban Designer, showing some examples of his extraordinary work. After winning several awards in his country of birth, including a FIART (International Crafts Fair) award in 1999, José M. Rivéron-Benedí is moving to the foreground of runways in the highly demanding European fashion market. Self-taught, Riverón-Benedí comes from a family of fabric merchants so, from the moment he opened his eyes, he was surrounded by fabrics and yarn and from there developed his interest in fashion.

Jacqueline Fumero, a Cuban fashion icon

By Mercy Ramos, Photography: Eduardo Rawdriguez, Asistance: Yordanis Gámez, MUA: Michel Rego, Models: Gabriela Carreras, Milena Rivalta & Malena Rivalta

Crossing the threshold of Jacqueline Fumero’s house is like entering a world of wonder because everything you find: furniture, decorations, paintings, lights... is located in the right place, with unparalleled elegance and beauty.

La Maison: fashion house in Havana

By Coco Simpson

La Maison, currently known as Havana’s fashion house, was built in 1946 by architect Manuel Gamba Alvares de la Campa, as the residence of a wealthy family in the capital. Like other luxury residences in the city, it was abandoned by its owners after the triumph of the Revolution.

MANOLO GONZÁLEZ, design: his reason to exist

Model: Leidiana Rodríguez, Leidiana Rodríguez, Javier A, Sánchez and Amanda López.

For Manolo González, clothing designer for Cuban company Confecciones Alba, designing is important to him as his life. Since he had use of reason, he remembers, he liked drawing the human figure and changing the outfit whenever he could.

Boga, The opportunity to dress well... you find with us

In the Boga Textile Apparel Company you can find good taste in dressing, with attractive garments of recognized quality, capable of satisfying the needs and desires of all ages and sexes. Boga is Cuba’s industry responding to the growing demand for clothing in the country, for the chain store market as well as organisations and institutions.

Annia fashions, simplicity and elegance

DESIGN: ANNIA FERRER MEDINA, PHOTOS BY: FOKUS ESTUDIO, PHOTOGRAPHER: KAREL DÍAZ MANRESA, MODEL: FERNANDA GONZÁLEZ ACOSTA

For young designer Annia Ferrer, the raison d’être of her creations is firstly “to dress today’s Cuban woman with elegance and naturalness, in keeping with international fashion lines, but always suitable for our cultural environment, our climate and our trends.”

Matanzas, capital of romanticism and culture

Latin American Cinema: Once again the great date in Havana

Blue Diamond Resorts continues to expand its operations in Cuba

X Alfonso, a man who converts feelings into music

The classic DAIQUIRí