Latin America news and archive

Carpe diem: the Costa Rican women turning fish into fashion

Costa de Pájaros, Costa Rica - On a beach in Costa Rica, as fishermen land the day's catch, two women are hard at work on a slimy sea bass skin, rubbing, scraping, washing, and tanning the hide to turn it into leather. Two years ago, both Mauren Castro, 41, and Marta Sosa, 70, were stay-at-home mums dependent on their fishermen husbands to...

Fashion

Museum at FIT: New expo to showcase modern Latinx American fashion

The Museum at FIT (Fashion Institute of Technology) opened the doors to its new exhibition last Friday, called ‘¡Moda Hoy! Latin American and Latinx Fashion Design Today’. The spotlight is put onto designers from Latin American countries and those of Latin American heritage living in the US, who are often referred to as Hispanic, Latino/Latina,...

Fashion

First Latin American Fashion Awards open applications

In November 2023, the first edition of the Latin American fashion awards will take place. The organisers of the event have selected the Dominican Republic as the host country, as per the official press release. The event is the first to celebrate South American, Caribbean, Mexican, and Central American fashion talent. It will recognise both...

People

Marcelo Claure as Chairman of Shein Latin America

Shein, the Chinese fast fashion e-tailer, is eyeing growth in Latin America, and on Tuesday announced Marcelo Claure as the region’s chairman. Mr Claure will oversee the company's Latin American strategy and stakeholder affairs in Latin America, working closely with Shein’s management team, and will manage an investment of 100 million dollars....

Fashion

Latin American Fashion Summit partners with Luxury Stores at Amazon

In a bid to bring Latin American designers to customers, Luxury Stores at Amazon has announced a new collaboration with the Latin American Fashion Summit (LAFS). The partnership with the multiplatform will allow Amazon customers to purchase from Latin American designers such as Alexandre Birman, Silvia Tcherassi, Adriana Degreas and Maygel...

Business

Top 3 Trends Shaping Apparel in Latin America

This month’s Fashion Friday podcast series by Euromonitor International explores how casualisation, sustainability and digitalisation has impacted the apparel industry in Latin America. As consumers focused on maximising their budgets and cut unnecessary expenses, the apparel and footwear market declined by 30% in constant fixed prices at a...

Podcast

Fashion Friday: Top 3 Trends Shaping Apparel in Latin America

Casualisation, sustainability and digitalisation are the three trendscurrently standing out in Latin America.Due to the effects of the pandemic, consumers are increasing their interest in brands that offer a combination of technical, stretch and street attributes for a more relaxed look. Prolonged confinements diminished social occasions and the...

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The future looks bright for Latin American fashion students

CDMX - Fashion careers used to be seen as an artistic utopia, where only a few managed to gain success while many others lacked of job opportunities. However, fashion has become one of the most promising industries for those willing to take a chance on it. More and more jobs that satisfy an ever-evolving market are becoming available. The...

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Latin America, drawn to luxury leather goods

Year after year the luxury market in Latin America continues to see growth, often despite unstable economies in some of its countries, demonstrating how important the continent is to luxury. However, despite the huge amount of potential buyers, Latin countries have not made strong efforts to become producers for luxury goods until now. The...

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Analysts’ outlook for Latin American retail in 2018: “stable, reflective of improving operating profits”

The future looks “stable” for retailers in Latin America, reflective of improving operating profits, Moody's Investors Service said in a recent new year’s outlook presentation. Chile and Mexico will face a bumpy road ahead, defined by key political dates and some shadows cast by threatened or weakened Mercosur and other regional trade...

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Latin America: Land of Big Opportunities

With the 2016 Summer Olympics Games just around the corner the Latin American market is under the looking glass, creating new opportunities for fashion businesses both domestic and from abroad. FashionUnited takes a closer look at fashion companies to watch in Latin America. Changing dynamics of the Latin American fashion retail After the...

Fairs

Kingpins to target the Latin American Market through Miami show

Boutique denim trade fair Kingpins has announced plans to launch Kingpins Miami, a new annual show in Miami dedicated to serving the Latin American denim market. Set to debut next January, at Mana Wynwood, the new edition of the trade fair will offer all the hallmarks of a Kingpins event - an edited exhibitor list (capacity of 31), seminars and...