Mexico City

We caught up with Vogue Mexico‘s lovely EIC, Kelly Talamas, at the mag’s dinner at The Standard Grill the other…

Burgeoning designer Paola Hernandez hails from Mexico City, and found her way to fashion in a decidedly deep way: while studying philosophy! Her first piece was a tutu, and since then, she’s even designed her own wedding dress, plus chic, clean-lined coed collections. Hernandez dished to The Daily about her aesthetic and her industry ambitions.
BY JULIE ZIGOS

Heather Henry is a Georgia-bred, Texas-based girl with an eye for stones, and an eponymous accessories started solely with baubles and has since grown to include handbags. Intrigued? Henry gave us a peek at her Fall/Winter ’13 collection, which was filled with croc-print minaudieres and marquise-shaped necklaces and rings. We couldn’t get enough of her beautiful baubles. Et vous?

What’s it like to be a Marie Claire editrix south of the border? Just ask Ariadne Grant, who’s been in the EIC seat for a year at Marie Claire’s Mexico and Latin America edition after scaling her way up the Mexico City mag ladder quite quickly. Her tricks? Hard work galore, for starters, plus a stint getting schooled on the craft in London and a very straight-shooting approach to tackling her job. The Daily chatted up Grant recently in the throes of a boisterous din honoring Oscar de la Renta at a Mexico City resto, Tenampa (the joint was replete with tableside Mariachi bands, and the designer du evening sang along and took shots of tequila). If only every interview could occur under such fun circumstances, non?
BY ALEXANDRA ILYASHOV

Oscar de la Renta took to Mexico City late last week for a lavish gala thrown as part of Nextel’s ongoing series of catwalk and shindig extravaganzas. It wasn’t de la Renta’s first time on the south of the border party circuit: the designer was in Mexico City circa 2011 for another Nextel event in his honor. The city’s affinity for de la Renta certainly isn’t a one-way street—apparently, the dignified and dapper designer’s interest was piqued many years prior. “A long time ago, I lost my heart in Mexico and I am very happy to be here again,” de la Renta exclaimed during a press conference at the Four Seasons (the designer’s home away from home for his Mexico City jag).