Heirlome Gives a Past Artisan Collaboration New Life for Spring 2027

By Swedan MargenSeptember 15, 2026

Each season, Heirlome collaborates with a Latin American artisan to help steer the design direction of its collections. For Spring 2027 — and the New York City-based label’s debut runway show — the inspiration actually stemmed from a 2023 trip to Oaxaca, Mexico. Heirlome Founder Stephanie Suberville visited Angelico Jimenez’s workshop, where the artist carved alebrijes (or fantastical wood sculptures), and partnered with Jimenez for the label’s Fall 2024 collection before his death later that year.

Although Heirlome refuses to re-issue designs without the original artist’s permission, Jimenez’s daughter Maricarmen (a third-generation alebrijes artisan and a local shaman) asked Suberville to bring back the sold-out prints. Thus, Heirlome revisited Jimenez’s craftsmanship for Spring 2027, but this time, with Maricarmen’s distinct feminine perspective.

“This was like a posthumous collaboration with her dad and a collaboration with her,” Suberville told Fashionista after Heirlome’s runway show on Tuesday morning. “So the prints and the concept really came from her. She has Zapotec ancestry, so we took a lot of inspiration from that with her permission.”

Maricarmen designed this season’s dash-like prints, which reference her father’s trademark “fur strokes.” The oval-shaped pattern appears across a button-up shirt, a maxi skirt, a flowing strapless dress and a huipil (or a traditional tunic from Mexico). She also crafted all of the wood-carved jewelry pieces, including vibrant necklaces and rings depicting the Zapotec zodiac. (Each attendee also took home their very own alebrije; Mine was a spotted owl.)

Against a backdrop of mostly monochromatic styles (a signature for the minimalist label), a few pops of color emerged: a cerulean tassel-embellished maxi skirt, an aqua blue collared shirt and a marigold yellow silk dress. The collection’s tassel motifs stem from a type of shirt worn in Zapotec culture that features a braided tassel (or “yechee”) on the front. Alongside Heirlome’s other textural brand codes — fringe, pom-poms — they’re seen throughout the collection’s structured trench coats, patterned shawls (or “rebozos”), sleeveless tops and statement headpieces. The Spring 2027 offering also introduces denim via relaxed, wide-leg silhouettes that seamlessly fit into the Heirlome woman’s wardrobe.

“We’ve grown a lot in the last year and it felt like the right time,” Suberville said of Heirlome’s decision to stage its first runway show. “Also, because the artisan collaboration was so important to me, because I’ve grown very close with the Jimenez family, I wanted to give them a bigger platform.”

Ahead, see all the looks from Heirlome’s Spring 2027 collection.