Carla Fernández is a fashion designer and cultural historian who is documenting, preserving, revitalising and bringing to contemporary relevance the rich textile heritage of Mexico’s indigenous communities. Carla Fernández creates contemporary fashions by collaborating and adapting traditional techniques and styles; for empowering communities, especially women, by channeling their knowledge and skills into modern design; for reinvigorating Mexico’s indigenous textile traditions and establishing a detailed archive as a lasting legacy for future generations; for devising an ethical production model that fully respects the intellectual property rights of indigenous individuals and communities; and for demonstrating the important cultural, social and economic role of textiles and design for a country and community.