Guinness World Records on MSN

Mexico's record-breaking embroidery display celebrates national heritage

Mexico's artisans create a record-breaking embroidery display showcasing diverse regional traditions and cultural heritage.
The New York Times

This Mexican Village’s Embroidery Designs Are Admired (and Appropriated) Globally

SAN NICOLÁS, Mexico — A mystery lies behind the origin of the distinctive forms depicted in the elaborate embroidery stitched in San Nicolás, a pinprick of a mountain village in the central Mexican ...
Hyperallergic

Mexican Artist’s Embroidery Unravels Global Gender Violence Crisis

Elina Chauvet engages in “Confianza” (2013–), a silent public performance where she embroiders on a white wedding dress, in various places. (all photos courtesy the artist, Galería 1204, and MAD54, ...
Global Voices Online

Viral Outrage Over the Appropriation of Traditional Mexican Embroidery Is Full of Inaccuracies

Mexican social media exploded in November at the news of the apparent appropriation of a traditional textile design from Oaxaca, México, by a French designer and fashion company. The uproar appeared ...
UNESCO

Mexican women artisans present the Mayan embroidery safeguard plan to the authorities of Yucatan

Mérida, Yucatán.- Artisans from 12 municipalities presented the Maya Yucatecan Embroidery Safeguard Plan, developed by themselves with the technical support of UNESCO, the auspices of the Banorte ...
Vogue

Celebrate Cinco de Mayo in Mi Golondrina’s Hand-Embroidered Tops and Dresses

If Mexico’s Tulum and Oaxaca rank high on your list of favorite vacation spots, Cristina Lynch’s upbringing will sound particularly dreamy. Growing up, her Dallas home was filled with several decades’ ...