Articles by Cynthia Ijelman
Meet Maqu: Sustainable Peruvian label aiding childhood education
15 Apr 2022 - Fashion
Image: Maqu Buenos Aires – Maqu is a Peruvian sustainable fashion brand originally established in Berlin. Its DNA is based on nature and works unde
Colombian designer Claudia Gontovnik talks sustainable fashion and female empowerment
16 Sept 2021 - People
Colombian sociologist, designer and multidisciplinary artist, Claudia Gontovnik dedicates her work to fair and sustainable fashion. Born in the city of
Istituto Marangoni in Miami: “For students it’s not just about storytelling, but ‘story living’”
21 May 2021 - People
Buenos Aires- Massimo Casagrande is currently the Academic Director at the Istituto Marangoni in Miami. Casagrande completed his studies at the Marangoni ins
García Bello: “Each piece of donated clothing has a story to tell”
8 Oct 2020 - Fashion
Buenos Aires / Arnhem - After winning first prize in the sustainable fashion competition Redress Design 2020, Juliana García Bello became the centre of
Abdullah Abo Milhim: "Fashion companies need a plan B"
30 Mar 2020 - Business
INTERVIEW Buenos Aires – The postgraduate coordinator at the Marangoni Institute London, Abdullah Abo Milhim, was in Buenos Aires giving a masterclass
Discover Pachama, the brand that Ivanka Trump visited in Argentina
30 Sept 2019 - Fashion
Pachama was founded as a family business almost six years ago in San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina. It sells clothing for men, women and children with “a sty
The experience of studying denim in Argentina
19 Sept 2019 - Fashion
Buenos Aires - Denim is one of the fashion industry's favorite materials and the global demand for jeans continues to grow. However, in Argentina, at an a
Meet the Argentinean designer making fashion from yerba mate
4 Jun 2019 - Fashion
INTERVIEW Buenos Aires - Industrial designer Silvio Tinello has developed a material from the waste of yerba mate - a type of holly plant which is used as a
Meet Maydi, the knitwear brand using local Argentinian fibres
3 May 2019 - Fashion
INTERVIEWBehind each brand is a mind. Behind handmade knitwear brand, Maydi, is Maria Abdala Zolezz, an Argentinian designer with a vision to create fashi
Social project meets fashion brand, South America's Ruralanas
4 Apr 2019 - Fashion
With the attempt to improve the quality of life of rural women in Uruguay, the fashion brand Ruralanas was created in 2003 by the Gastesi Foundation Mar