Lourdes Cecilia Sainz Guardado - Mexico

Lourdes Sainz is a Mexican fashion designer and textile artist who focuses her design projects mainly on creating clothing and accessories using discarded textiles, creating upcycling projects that she combines with different embroidery techniques to create unique pieces.

Mentor: Kate Pankhurst
The Piece:

Micelio Azul

Inspired by the world of mushrooms, Micelio Azul is a piece that represents the mycelium, that feeds and nourishes itself of a blue denim dress, the embroidery micelyum weaves a web that connects the entire design, combining it into a wearable ecosystem.