HANDS THAT MOLD

In Artesana, our Fall/Winter 25/26 collection, we listened to the material and let it be our guide. There's something profoundly human about touching what surrounds us: the objects we treasure, the things we create, the materials we shape with our hands. Because what is shaped by our hands speaks an ancient, universal language. As Anni Albers said: "We touch things to make sure they are real."

That same truth resides in ceramics. In the essential gesture of shaping clay, of transforming earth into an object, into ritual, into art. And many women, over time, have challenged the limits of utilitarianism to elevate ceramics to its rightful place: among the major arts.

Lucie Rie, with her serene and contemporary porcelain, showed us that clay can also be avant-garde. Elsa Rady, with her clean forms, transformed ceramics into intimate architecture. Both knew how to speak to clay and let it speak through them.

Today, new hands continue that conversation. Simone Bodmer-Turner, with her pieces that seem to emerge from collective memory, works with emptiness and form as a balance. And Verónica Moar , with whom we shared the experience of entering her studio a while back, reminded us that slowness is also a language. That creating with one's hands is often a form of care.

We also closely follow women we deeply admire: Marta Bonilla, Caterina Roma, Julia Hoji and Miriam Cernuda from Working in the Red Woods, whose works inspire us to look at everyday life with new eyes, and to value imperfection as essential beauty.

La Artesana is a tribute to all of them. To those who work with their craft and their soul. To those who understand that in every handmade object there is a story, a body, a purpose.

Because at Naguisa, a shoe isn't just an object: it's an extension of our roots, a way of honoring material, and a promise to walk with meaning. Like ceramics, our shoes and espadrilles also have a soul.