Cuyana cofounders Karla Gallardo and Shilpa Shah hosted a dinner celebrating “Nuestras Raices,” which means “our roots,” on Tuesday evening in Los Angeles.
“We’re thrilled to host our Nuestras Raices dinner alongside such an unbelievable group of Latina girls,” Gallardo informed WWD earlier than the occasion. “It means the world to have their assist as we have a good time the renaming of a real type icon, the Ecuador hat. It is a full-circle second for Cuyana and for me personally, having grown up in Ecuador. For too lengthy now, the true origin of those hats has been masked by a misnomer. As a model rooted in heritage, our hope is that Cuyana’s official identify change won’t solely increase client consciousness, however encourage different style labels to present credit score the place it’s due. We couldn’t be extra excited to have the assist of such unbelievable Latina changemakers in sharing the Ecuador hat story and celebrating with us in L.A.”
Karla Gallardo, Gina Rodriguez and Shilpa Shah.
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Cuyana’s Vast Brim Ecuador Hat in black.
Cuyana needs to make it recognized that the accent, generally often called the Panama hat, originates from Ecuador. Final 12 months the model unveiled a “This Is Not a Panama Hat” marketing campaign.
With cohosts for the night — actors Gina Rodriguez-LoCicero, María Elisa Camargo, Nathalie Kelley and This Is About Humanity cofounder Elsa Collins — friends loved a Peruvian-inspired dinner at Cabra, on the rooftop of Hoxton Lodge in downtown L.A. The occasion introduced out Christian Serratos; Jessica Marie Garcia; Emeraude Toubia; Julissa Calderon; Daniela Villegas; Bricia Lopez; Ellen Marie Bennett; Evelynn Escobar; Lauren Rodriguez; Patty Rodriguez; Grasie Mercedes, and Julissa Prado.
