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Sánchez-Kane
Bárbara Sánchez-Kane
Sánchez-Kane is a menswear label based in Mexico City, started in 2015. Behind the label: Bárbara Sánchez-Kane. It is known for menswear that takes apart Mexican symbols of masculinity, on the runway and in galleries. Latest milestone on record (2024): Prêt-à-Patria is shown at the 60th Venice Biennale.
Quick facts
Sánchez-Kane at a glance
- Behind the label
- Bárbara Sánchez-Kane
- Based
- Mexico City, Mexico
- Since
- 2015
- Focus
- Menswear
- Makes
- Menswear, performances and installations
- Trained
- Industrial design, Universidad Anáhuac Mayab (2010); fashion design, Polimoda, Florence (2015)
- Official site
- sanchez-kane.com ↗
The person and the label
Who is behind Sánchez-Kane?
Born in Mérida in 1987, Bárbara Sánchez-Kane launched the menswear label in 2015 and uses tailoring to question machismo and the symbols of Mexican masculinity. After a VFILES group show in 2016, the label held its first New York Fashion Week: Men’s show under its own name in July 2017, with a collection about the proposed border wall and water shortages. The work has since moved into galleries: Prêt-à-Patria, in which men perform the flag-guard ceremony in open-backed uniforms with lace lingerie, was shown at the 2024 Venice Biennale.
Timeline
Sánchez-Kane, dated
- 2016Shows in the VFILES group show at New York Fashion Week, for SS17. Source ↗
- 12 July 2017First New York Fashion Week: Men’s show under the label’s own name. Source ↗
- 2019Performs Macho Sentimental vol. II at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris. Source ↗
- 2024Prêt-à-Patria is shown at the 60th Venice Biennale. Source ↗
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- Alexia Ulibarri Couture and eveningwear · since 2009
- Benito Santos Couture and eveningwear
- CAMPILLO Menswear · since 2016
- WILLY CHAVARRIA Menswear
- Barragán Streetwear and contemporary
- Pineda Covalin Accessories · since 1996
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Read the full Mexico guide, with the method behind it and where to see the work in person.
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Quick answers
Sánchez-Kane, answered
Who is behind Sánchez-Kane?
- Bárbara Sánchez-Kane. Sánchez-Kane is a menswear label based in Mexico City.
When was Sánchez-Kane founded?
- 2015, according to the sources listed on this page.
What does Sánchez-Kane make?
- Menswear, performances and installations. It is known for menswear that takes apart Mexican symbols of masculinity, on the runway and in galleries.
Where did the designer of Sánchez-Kane train?
- Industrial design, Universidad Anáhuac Mayab (2010); fashion design, Polimoda, Florence (2015).