# Alexia Ulibarri

> Alexia Ulibarri is a couture and eveningwear label based in Mexico City, Mexico, started in 2009. Behind the label: Alexia Ulibarri. Known for romantic eveningwear with hand embroidery in crystals and silk thread.

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- Country guide: https://thecastindex.com/houses/mexican-designers
- Facts checked: 2026-10-22
- Author: Kaiser Khan (Founder & Editor)

## Quick facts

- Behind the label: Alexia Ulibarri
- Based: Mexico City, Mexico
- Since: 2009
- Focus: Couture and eveningwear
- Makes: Womenswear and eveningwear
- Trained: Istituto Marangoni, London (2005)

## Who is behind Alexia Ulibarri?

Alexia Ulibarri trained at Istituto Marangoni in London and founded her Mexico City label in 2009 with a debut collection called Dark Romance; the school counts more than 32 of her collections on the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week México runway. A designer with Greek and Mexican roots, she drew on Greek mythology for Olympia in 2022, finished with hand embroidery in crystals and silk thread. She showed Celestina, inspired by tales of witches, at Volvo Fashion Week México in October 2025 and returned to its calendar in October 2026.

## Timeline

- 2009: Founds her label with the debut collection Dark Romance. (source: https://www.istitutomarangoni.com/es/alumni/historias/alexia-ulibarri)
- April 2022: Shows Olympia, for FW22, at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week México. (source: https://fashionunited.es/noticias/moda/oda-a-los-dioses-olimpicos-la-nueva-coleccion-de-alexia-ulibarri/2022042938493)
- October 2025: Shows Celestina at Volvo Fashion Week México. (source: https://graziamagazine.com/mx/articles/alexia-ulibarri-deslumbra-en-volvo-fashion-week/)
- 14 October 2026: Shows on the Volvo Fashion Week México calendar at Estudios Maravilla. (source: https://www.prnewswire.com/mx/comunicados-de-prensa/volvo-fashion-week-mexico-consolida-casi-dos-decadas-de-impulso-al-talento-mexicano-presentando-un-solido-calendario-de-disenadores-nacionales-e-internacionales-302893358.html)

## Sources

- [Istituto Marangoni — alumni story: Alexia Ulibarri](https://www.istitutomarangoni.com/es/alumni/historias/alexia-ulibarri) — checked 2026-10-22
- [FashionUnited — Alexia Ulibarri’s Olympia collection (29 April 2022)](https://fashionunited.es/noticias/moda/oda-a-los-dioses-olimpicos-la-nueva-coleccion-de-alexia-ulibarri/2022042938493) — checked 2026-10-22
- [Grazia México — Alexia Ulibarri at Volvo Fashion Week (16 October 2025)](https://graziamagazine.com/mx/articles/alexia-ulibarri-deslumbra-en-volvo-fashion-week/) — checked 2026-10-22
- [Fashion Week México — October 2026 calendar (PR Newswire, 29 September 2026)](https://www.prnewswire.com/mx/comunicados-de-prensa/volvo-fashion-week-mexico-consolida-casi-dos-decadas-de-impulso-al-talento-mexicano-presentando-un-solido-calendario-de-disenadores-nacionales-e-internacionales-302893358.html) — checked 2026-10-22