Events like Mexico's growing Fashion Week are giving a boost to Mexican fashion industry especially small boutiques.
About 30 designers, mostly Mexican, participated in the April show and at least 40 designers were expected to take part in the four-day event that got underway last Tuesday.
New crop of designers makes the most of Mexico's increasingly stabilized economy, which has improved over last six years during Vicente Fox's presidency. Designers are finding receptive customers, both local and foreign.
Fashion designer Carla Fernandez is an example of several young talents in Mexico looking to make it onto the international fashion stage by offering modern designs with a Mexican flavor.
A black woolen jacket created by Carla is a bright, multicolored dots embroidered piece that combines age-old Indian sewing techniques with an innovative, modern cut.
Fernandez is one of the six designers at Local clothing boutique in Mexico City's trendy Condesa neighborhood.
Fernandez preferred to use rectangles because rather than cutting fabrics, Indian people tear them along the line of weave, making curves in garments using pleats and darts in the fabric.
The little black jacket is priced at about $240 and the pleated skirt goes for about $120.
Designs that are global with a local touch are available mainly in small boutiques for now, with department stores continuing to stock European or American clothing.
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