"From the beginning of working on this project I knew I wanted to make a zine, and that I wanted it to be about Mexico City fashion"
"I was reflecting on my visit to my hometown this past year, and the experiences I had at La Tianguis Disidente, which is an open air market (tianguis, a Nahuatl word to refer to the open air markets which litter the city, with some markets continuing for hundreds of years) formed by trans women in the city. The Tianguis is located in Colonia Roma, which sits both near the heart of wealth and gentrification in the city, as well as beside neighborhoods by the public of the city as ghettos. This neighborhood is sandwiched between red light districts and a burgeoning expat community, and is ripe ground for a struggle over gentrification and survival, doubly so for the many poor, homeless, errant, sex-working, and mistreated trans people from the area. As well as born-and-bred trans chilangas, the area features new arrivals from other states, who come to the city seeking at least some respite from the increased femicides and hate crimes by civilians and police against trans people in other parts of Mexico. Additionally, itinerant salespeople travel in and out of the city from the suburbs or the State of Mexico to sell their wares and make a living."
"One of the many things I admired about the tianguis was its ability to develop and articulate its own aesthetic language, a language which was in conversation with previous traditions and international trends, but which was nevertheless unique to the city, the neighborhood, and the specific community which was crafting a new kind of grammar and syntax for textiles."
"I was reflecting on my visit to my hometown this past year, and the experiences I had at La Tianguis Disidente, which is an open air market (tianguis, a Nahuatl word to refer to the open air markets which litter the city, with some markets continuing for hundreds of years) formed by trans women in the city. The Tianguis is located in Colonia Roma, which sits both near the heart of wealth and gentrification in the city, as well as beside neighborhoods by the public of the city as ghettos. This neighborhood is sandwiched between red light districts and a burgeoning expat community, and is ripe ground for a struggle over gentrification and survival, doubly so for the many poor, homeless, errant, sex-working, and mistreated trans people from the area. As well as born-and-bred trans chilangas, the area features new arrivals from other states, who come to the city seeking at least some respite from the increased femicides and hate crimes by civilians and police against trans people in other parts of Mexico. Additionally, itinerant salespeople travel in and out of the city from the suburbs or the State of Mexico to sell their wares and make a living."
"One of the many things I admired about the tianguis was its ability to develop and articulate its own aesthetic language, a language which was in conversation with previous traditions and international trends, but which was nevertheless unique to the city, the neighborhood, and the specific community which was crafting a new kind of grammar and syntax for textiles."