Ana Lorenzana is a Colombian photographer living in Mexico City. She's one of my favorite people with a personality that is as vibrant, optimistic, engaging and intimate as her photos. I've been wanting to introduce her to you for a very long time, thrilled to have the opportunity to share her photos and interview today.
Paulina Pliego is the director of Chava Tiendita, our newly opened shop in CDMX. She's originally from Queretaro and moved to Mexico City when we offered her the job (I was thrilled she accepted and was excited to live here). She's a trained designer, has designed her own line of clothing and is a self-professed extrovert, which is honestly ideal for running our very touch-heavy business. The Tiendita is a small space but it's filled with one-of-a-kind shirts, some hand-embroidered pieces by female-owned and employed Jauja and even a leather jacket we all love so much (store exclusives!). Get to know Pau, and come visit her at the Tiendita.
Isabel is a Madrid-native who I often seen biking around my neighborhood of San Miguel Chapultepec. She's someone whose style I've always admired from afar and then I had the opportunity to meet her when she worked on the renovation of Adeline's stunning home in La Roma. The office she founded in 2015 with her partner, Alessandro Arienzo, is right down the street from our studio and it was a delight to visit it. Lanza is one of the few firms that still works with paper models and each of these felt like a piece of art in its own right, you'll see below.
I met Alan during my very first year working on Chava. Immediately I started following him on Instagram (although he really shines on TikTok, an outlet I just haven't been able to adopt). I love...
Lingerie may be the one category of "things you can wear" that will forever elude me. I love having beautiful underwear, but I rarely allow myself to indulge in such pleasures. Honestly it wasn't until...
