Atlas of Fashion Designers

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Julia y Renata

Julia y Renata

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 e fashion universe is built upon common foundations that seek to impose order on the

chaos of infl uences, trends and collections. For this reason, one of the most common ways

of talking about non-American and non-European designers is by making reference to

the combination of the indigenous and the cosmopolitan. Local identity alongside global

identity. Within this play of dichotomies, what is native appears to be wed to tradition,

while what is foreign suggests innovation. Nevertheless, this description falls short when it

comes to Julia y Renata, because if anything sets these two Mexican designers apar ...