The setting couldn’t be beat. Sunset. A sunken square courtyard filled for the occasion with pale blush crushed stone, in front of Diego Rivera’s imposing volcanic rock temple to the arts in Mexico City. “Having a sunset palette hitting volcanic rock, it was an immediate no-brainer for me,” creative director @wesgordon said of choosing @anahuacalli for Thursday night’s @carolinaherrera resort 2025 show. On the runway, it was a celebration of color, which has been creative director Gordon’s “north star” in his role, and a celebration of Mexican craft. In the seats were 500 guests including Karlie Kloss, the face of Carolina Herrera Good Girl perfume, Mexico City native and “Baby Reindeer” star Nava Mau, “Roma” actress Yalitza Arapicio and more. Gordon collaborated with the Mexican Ministry of Culture to bring four Mexican female artisans into the creative process. “When we do a destination show, it’s really important to us that it’s not just recreating New York Fashion Week in a different place,” he said. “We view this as a real honor and an opportunity to collaborate and enrich our story…The reason we’re here is because we’re inspired by Mexico–and it was such an amazing opportunity to collaborate with these four talented women,” he said, underscoring their shared language with Herrera. These luxury designers of Mexico as one should call them, brought the art of embroidery, talavera blue glaze ceramics and painted jícaras to ready-to-wear and accessories, including a double-breasted ultramarine blue blazer with ceramic talavera tiles by Jacqueine Espana on the lapels; a pink-and-green floral and animal shirt embroidered like a huipal by María de los Ángeles Licona San Juan, Maestra Nähñu, worn with clay-colored palazzo pants; and an extraordinary halter gown made of strips of black and white embroidery with tiny birds and flowers by Virginia Veronica Arce-Arce. Story @wwd and linked in bio.