Fashion

Fashion

Lien Martínez Beauty Center

By Lucía Arboláez, Photos: Miguel Guzmán and courtesy of the Lien Martínez Beauty Center

Providing the perfect treatment is the Lien Martínez Beauty Center’s main objective. This cozy facility offers excellent service in facial and body aesthetic treatments as well as advice on how to maintain a healthy and beautiful body.

Soy Luz, the Perfect Sensation of the Jewel that You Are

December 1st is San Eloy Day (patron saint of jewellers and silversmiths in the world) and on this day the “Soy Luz” (I Am Light) project was born. This project brings together five artists of contemporary Cuban jewellery to make a fashion statement that recognizes, within the functional diversity and style of each creator, a common purpose and renewed artistic work.

Fashion: Hands to Dream

Photos by: Boris Muriedas

The BAZAR collection, awarded at the International Art Fair FIART 2009, bears the mark of international competition well as national fashion legitimacy.

G.P., Beauty and Singularity

Designs by Guido y Pável (G.P.) / Photos and text by Sadiel Mederos Bermúdez / Make Up by María Isabel Campos Díaz / Models: Leidy, Marlon, Ana Flavia, Yoana and Dariel

Coherence and identity: Guido Asenjo conceives fashion as an expression of dreams and individual aspirations. Delicacy and exquisiteness: Pável López creates designs that stand out on the skin and bring out natural beauty.

BOGA Setting Trends in Clothing

Boga's Business Manager, Ricardo Luis Aedo Astorga

Fashion enterprise Boga is the result of a merger of thirteen textile producers and a central creative and marketing team, creating fashion designs and samples. Located across the provincial Cuban capitals, it has a network of workshops making sportswear, dress apparel, and denim and linen pieces as well as business and institutional uniforms.

Swimsuits for a Better Summer

Bag & Shoes Yeny’Style CostaAcosta, Hair: Forlini&Martinez, MUA: Guendalina Giraudi, Model: Vicky Edokpolor, Model: Elena Forte, Jewels: Jamais Sans Toi, Photos: Davide Bonaiti

Combining modernity and tradition, designer Massiel Mesa Fornaris invites you to enjoy summer with comfort and originality with her line of swimwear.

Fashion, FIART 2009

By: Lucía Arboláez / Photos Panchi / Make up Pavel Marrero

With the premise: Art, Use and Trade, the 13th International Crafts Fair was held at the Cubanacán Exhibition Pavilion in Havana.

Jacqueline Fumero, good taste and excellence

Any reference to creative excellence and a socio-cultural impact on the world of fashion in Cuba brings up an essential name: Jacqueline Fumero. She is a designer whose talent, initiative and conceptual maturity are articulated in an expression of the art of fashion who stands out for her personal line.

Nicolita Swimwear Line

Model: Jessica Febles

Behind the line is Nicole Di Rocco, a California girl with two nostalgic Cuban parents. Her parent's sepiatoned photographs, memories and native language, inspired Di Rocco to start Nicolita, a swimwear line, in 2002, upon graduating from USC. Nicolita has been picking up steam ever since, projecting their memories and Di Rocco's interpretation of them. Now, after having recently launched its latest Spring/Summer catalogue on Cuban soil, the American-made bathing suit line is on top.

Victoria Erviti

Photos by: Julio Alvite and Wilfredo Hernández / Model: Claudia Martha González

Fashion accessories help to highlight a feminine image; they add a modern feel and glow to a basic wardrobe, and they make your look complete.

Mayelín Guevara

Photos by: Julio Alvite and Wilfredo Hernández / Model: Elizabeth Wong

Jewellery-maker Mayelin Guevara Domínguez works with artistic jewellery and fashion accessories; she won an award for Craftsmanship at the 2010 International Arts and Crafts Fair in Havana, and in 2012 she was the winner of the prize for Fashion and Complements at the 3rd Ibero-American Design Biennial, which was held in Spain and throughout Europe as “Emerging Design, Innovation and Future.”

MaryLola Swimwear

Photos Courtesy of Anayce Figueroa, Make-up Edwing Ramírez, Model Nagdaly Wong (Nathaly)

In this issue we are proud to present a worldwide exclusive, Marylola, the new brand of swimwear created by talented Cuban designer Anayce Figueroa.

Models: Jessica and Carlos, Photos by José (tito) Meriño

The fashion we present to you in this edition, inspired by the styles of the 1950s and 60s, received the award for best joint collection “Today as Yesterday” at the International Crafts Fair (FIART 2010) in December at the Pabexpo halls in Havana.

Fashion is Also an Art

By Frank Padrón / Photos by F.A.C. Project / Makeup Artist: Pavel Marrero / Assistant Designer: Dariel Otero / Models: Nay González, Katia Gil, Elizabeth Wong

The Virgin of Charity, holding a child and walking through a busy Havana with a photograph-like background; she wears the red of fire and blood, but her mantle is the ocean itself, not just because of its intense blue, but also because of the elements that cover her.

Vanesa Fashion Swimsuit

Photos by: José Tito Meriño Make Up Artist: Edwin Ramírez Models: Rachel and Daily

Cuba's finest swimsuit fashion house, Vanesa, plans to introduce its new line of trikinis, one of the best sold swimsuits worldwide. The design has special appeal for the young, who want to leave behind classic swimsuits in favor of more novel and different designs that include elements emphasizing women's shape and make the whole more attractive.