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This is the store that hosted our first ever pop-up back in November of 2018. The owner’s name is Jennifer Bolaños and she is from Michoacan, Mexico but lives in Portland, Oregon. She curates a beautiful online store with a wide range of home-goods that are all hand-made in Mexico. The price range is really great and you’d be supporting a small immigrant-owned business. The rugs and the ceramics are some of my favorite things she carries.
Dec 31, 2020
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This is a small business that is Indigenous owned by a family of weavers in Teotitlan del Valle, Oaxaca. Just browsing through their website you can find beautiful rugs, ponchos and bags. Their products are made from criollo which is the name for the native wool and are all hand-woven on pedal looms. Their instagram is full of information about Zapotec culture and ways to raise awareness about indigenous communities. They are actually located in the same village as the family we work with for our textiles.
Dec 31, 2020
My friend Liz runs Laila, a natural dye company. What started as a hobby and side practice has evolved into a small business offering monthly workshops, a community space, and size inclusive apparel. Dynamically hued scarves and ribbons are for sale year-round, while she offers hand-dyed vintage apparel on a seasonal basis. She frequently collaborates with other small businesses that align with her values, whether its for a limited-run product or a pop-up workshop, and grows most of her materials in her own garden.
Image: Logo I designed for Laila.
Oct 8, 2024
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This is a rec made out of frustration because:
• There's places that have their models do weird poses with clothes to the point where they're completely covering the garment with their arms, legs, etc. They hinder the process with the brand's creative decisions and ultimately I desist from buying because I cannot look at it properly and there's no physical store.
• Other times, their products are not categorized or the search bar doesn't work.
• They don't describe their products with the composition of materials or are misleading (e.g. Vegan leather being just plastic).
Like do you want me to buy or not?! Anyways, the websites I think have everything I love are Daniela Salcedo (Colombian jewelry shop) and Bimba y Lola
Mar 5, 2025
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Fabi Reyna is one of the first people we collaborated with here in PDX by making her a custom suit for her music act called “Reyna Tropical”. She is a fellow Mexican-born and Portland based artist. She created She Shreds Magazine a couple years back with it being the only independent magazine that focused on providing a platform for female and LGBTQ folks in the music industry. She also plays the guitar in a dope local band called Savila and has another duo called Reyna Tropical. She not only is one of the most talented people I know but also one of the most hard-working and kindest.
Dec 31, 2020
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Most of ya’ll have probably come across some of these dope t-shirts but we still have to shout out our homie Edgar. If you haven’t seen his work then do yourself a favor and go follow and support a fellow Mexican immigrant, you won’t regret it! He’s not only doing dope tee’s for classic films but also raising profits to help support undocumented folks. We are also in talks about a possible upcoming collaboration so keep your eyes open.
Dec 31, 2020
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Talisa is a close friend of mine and frequent collaborator for G&G. She shoots everything on film and develops a lot of her own photography. She explores sometimes by utilizing wine or different liquids to develop her photos and create a beautiful color texture and contrast. We worked with her for our S/S 19’ collection and are currently working on a new photoshoot for some new things we have prepared for 2021. We also utilized her photography for some of the artwork for MANE earlier this year.
Dec 31, 2020