Anciãs-print dress on model Zaya
Dayana Molina · Date not documented
Brazil
Dayana Molina
- Indigenous contemporary design
- Textile art
Dayana Molina is an Indigenous designer, textile artist and writer of Aymara and Fulni-ô heritage who founded Nalimo. Her practice connects clothing with Latin American culture, anthropology and decolonial thought.
Five looks to know
Collection selection
Portrait-patch shirt and trousers
Shown July 2024 · Capibaribe – da cidade ao sertão, Casa de Criadores 54
Portrait panels cover both shirt and trousers, bringing family memory into Nalimo’s Pernambuco-themed collection.
Marcelo Soubhia / @agfotosite, published by ELLE Brasil
Collection selection
Cream crochet dress ensemble
Shown July 2024 · Capibaribe – da cidade ao sertão, Casa de Criadores 54
Open crochet and straw-fringed footwear make handwork central to this cream-coloured silhouette.
Marcelo Soubhia / @agfotosite, published by ELLE Brasil
Collection selection
Black hand-stitched scrap dress
Shown July 2024 · Capibaribe – da cidade ao sertão, Casa de Criadores 54
Hand-stitched scraps create a feather-like surface, turning reused cloth into a long theatrical silhouette.
Marcelo Soubhia / @agfotosite, published by ELLE Brasil
Collection selection
Sand-coloured embroidered shorts suit
Shown July 2024 · Capibaribe – da cidade ao sertão, Casa de Criadores 54
An embroidered shorts suit pairs tailored lines with a loose fringed top and textured footwear.
Marcelo Soubhia / @agfotosite, published by ELLE Brasil
Collection selection
Red crab-motif tunic and trousers
Shown July 2024 · Capibaribe – da cidade ao sertão, Casa de Criadores 54
Crab motifs reference the collection’s connection to Pernambuco’s manguebeat culture.
Marcelo Soubhia / @agfotosite, published by ELLE BrasilCollections & archive pieces
1 collections represented · 1 pieceSelected work
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About Dayana Molina
Inspired by the women in her family, she links ancestral knowledge with social innovation and the economic autonomy of Indigenous women and communities experiencing displacement.
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Day Molina — Official biography