Among Catrinas and dresses. (Catrina Mexican Fashion)

These dates are a very important time for us as Mexicans. They reflect a beautiful custom of commemorating our dead.

We create altars, poems, decorate with "papel picado" and Cempasúchil flowers, but a very unique way for us to celebrate these dates is the representation of the Catrina; we paint her everywhere, make sculptures, songs, poems, and adorn her in a thousand ways.

We love to do our makeup and dress up like death, like our beloved Catrina. At Débh Herrera, we didn't miss the opportunity to collaborate with one of our dresses for a photoshoot that would reflect her full of flowers, mystical lights, and poses that evoke fashion.

The dress used was originally created for the French actress Audrey Joubert, who wore it on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival. Like the Franco-Mexican blend of La Catrina, in this dress we find hand pleating in the style of Madame Grés and braids representative of Mexican hairstyles and decorations. The "calavera garbancera" (chickpea skull) today is no longer just a representation of our Malinchista preferences; today the world is inspired by this custom, and just as people in so many countries begin to paint their faces as skulls, Mexican fashion can also travel and foreigners readopt it transformed, just as we once did.

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SHOOTING CREDITS:

Styling by Luis Gaspar, dress by Mexican designer Débh Herrera with model Magda San Agustín, makeup by Antonio Quiroz, photography by Pavel Anton, direction by Marce Fernández, production by Naty Campero and public relations by Zamm Suverza.