# Sánchez-Kane

> Sánchez-Kane is a menswear label based in Mexico City, Mexico, started in 2015. Behind the label: Bárbara Sánchez-Kane. Known for menswear that takes apart Mexican symbols of masculinity, on the runway and in galleries.

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

## Quick facts

- 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: https://sanchez-kane.com

## 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

- 2016: Shows in the VFILES group show at New York Fashion Week, for SS17. (source: https://sanchez-kane.com/images/Cv/BSK-CV-ESP-2024.pdf)
- 12 July 2017: First New York Fashion Week: Men’s show under the label’s own name. (source: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/don-t-stay-quiet-mexican-designer-barbara-sanchez-kane-tackles-n782631)
- 2019: Performs Macho Sentimental vol. II at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris. (source: https://sanchez-kane.com/images/Cv/BSK-CV-ESP-2024.pdf)
- 2024: Prêt-à-Patria is shown at the 60th Venice Biennale. (source: https://www.labiennale.org/en/art/2024/nucleo-contemporaneo/b%C3%A1rbara-s%C3%A1nchez-kane)

## Sources

- [Bárbara Sánchez-Kane — CV, kurimanzutto (official site, PDF, 2024)](https://sanchez-kane.com/images/Cv/BSK-CV-ESP-2024.pdf) — checked 2026-10-22
- [NBC News — Sánchez-Kane at New York Fashion Week: Men’s (17 July 2017)](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/don-t-stay-quiet-mexican-designer-barbara-sanchez-kane-tackles-n782631) — checked 2026-10-22
- [Remezcla — Bárbara Sánchez-Kane profile (15 February 2018)](https://remezcla.com/features/culture/sanchez-kane-mexican-designer-male-masculinity-profile/) — checked 2026-10-22
- [La Biennale di Venezia — Bárbara Sánchez-Kane, Biennale Arte 2024](https://www.labiennale.org/en/art/2024/nucleo-contemporaneo/b%C3%A1rbara-s%C3%A1nchez-kane) — checked 2026-10-22