Students from La Esmeralda showcased their fusions of art and fashion on the catwalk.

Barbara Hoyos

La Jornada Newspaper, Saturday, June 21, 2025, p. 5

The National Center for the Arts (Cenart) hosted the Radical Fashion show, in which members of the La Esmeralda National School of Painting, Sculpture, and Engraving broke new ground by combining fashion and art.

The artistic dialogue, held as part of the Beyond the Rainbow program, was led by teacher Abigail Maritxu's fashion workshop. Both graduates and students sought to propose a shift in traditional and academic forms of artistic creation.

The purpose of the runway show was to reflect on technology and social media, and how they affect body perception and modification.

Luis Albarrán told La Jornada that his work, titled Hayabusa, was created out of his interest in combining technology and a futuristic vision, so he sought to combine the attributes of an eagle and the potential of a motorcycle, similar to the current Japanese aesthetic.

The artist said it is important for Cenart to open its spaces to students to exhibit their work and create a community, since it is often not possible to access other institutions .

For his part, Farlopa opined: "Contemporary artists urgently need to update their ways of working; my need as a sculptor has led me to experiment with three dimensions through clothing and materialize it as a pictorial piece ."