THE SS26 CAPSULE OWES ITS NAME TO THE LANGUAGE SPOKEN BY THE PEMON INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY LIVING IN THE GRAN SABANA, IN SOUTHERN VENEZUELA. “AMÄY NON”, TRANSLATES TO ‘MOTHER EARTH’, OR ‘MADRE TIERRA’ IN SPANISH; A TRIBUTE TO THE ELEMENTAL FORCE THAT SHAPES THE COUNTRY’S LANDSCAPES, IDENTITY AND SPIRIT. THIS COLLECTION PAYS TRIBUTE TO VENEZUELA’S NATURAL WONDERS AND RICH CULTURAL HERITAGE. IT ALSO MARKS KANOMI’S 26TH ORBIT AROUND THE SUN, A JOURNEY SUSTAINED BY THE BRAND’S “MADE IN VENEZUELA” ETHOS, SYMBOLIZING A SOLID COMMITMENT TO QUALITY, SUPERIOR CRAFTSMANSHIP, AND ENDURING STYLE. THE COLLECTION WAS DOCUMENTED BY DILA RAMOS ALONG THE BREATHTAKING COAST BETWEEN PUNTA NEGRA AND BORBURATA, IN PUERTO CABELLO, NORTH-CENTRAL VENEZUELA.
‘CAYO DE AGUA’
SPECIAL EDITION PRINT · SS26
FOR SPRING/SUMMER 2026, KANOMI UNVEILS ‘CAYO DE AGUA’, A SPECIAL EDITION PRINT INSPIRED FROM ONE OF THE MOST SINGULAR PLACES IN THE ARCHIPELAGO, CAYO DE AGUA IS A NARROW STRETCH OF SAND WHERE TWO SEAS CONVERGE: THE DEEP BLUE OF THE OPEN CARIBBEAN AND THE TURQUOISE OF SHALLOW LAGOONS. FROM ABOVE, THE ISLAND SHOWS SHIFTING COLOR GRADIENTS, WITH WATER, CORAL, AND SAND CONTINUOSLY RESHAPING THE TERRAIN. TIDES, WIND, AND LIGHT TRANSFORM THE HORIZON THROUGHOUT THE DAY, CREATING A NATURAL PALETTE OF BLUES, AQUAS AND EARTHY TONES.
KANOMI’S SPECIAL EDITION PRINT CAYO DE AGUA, CAPTURES THE MOVEMENT AND TEXTURE OF THAT SINGULAR GEOGRAPHY; A MEETING OF WATER AND LAND RENDERED IN FLUID FORMS AND LAYERED COLOR.
AMÄY NON
ORIGIN: PEMÓN LANGUAGE
MEANING: MOTHER EARTH (EN) · MADRE TIERRA (ES)
THE SS26 CAPSULE, AMÄY NON, DRAWS ITS NAME FROM THE PEMÓN WORD FOR MOTHER EARTH, A REFLECTION OF REVERENCE FOR LAND, HERITAGE, AND THE CREATIVE PROCESS.
PHOTOGRAPHED ALONG THE COAST BETWEEN PUNTA NEGRA AND THE TOWN OF BORBURATA, NESTLED WITHIN THE COASTAL LANDSCAPES OF OF PUERTO CABELLO IN NORTH-CENTRAL VENEZUELA
IN COLLABORATION WITH
CAPTURED BY DILA RAMOS
MUSES: ARIADNA · DAVIAGNY · ANDREINA
SKIN & HAIR: LEONARDO TAYA
‘ORINOQUIA PETRÓLEO’
SPECIAL EDITION PRINT · SS26
IN THE HEART OF THE AMAZON, WHERE THE ORINOCO RIVER MEETS THE SIERRA PARIMA, ACROSS THE LANDS OF VENEZUELA AND BRAZIL, THE YANOMAMI PEOPLE INHABIT THE WORLD’S MOST EXTENSIVE FORETED INDIGENOUS TERRITORY. THEIR CULTURAL LEGACY IS PROFOUND, INTERWOVEN INTO EVERY FACET OF LIFE, AND EXPRESSED MOST VIVIDLY THROUGH THE SACRED ART OF BODY PAINTING. THIS ANCESTRAL PRACTICE IS FAR MORE THAN MERE ORNAMENTATION; IT CARRIES PROFOUND SPIRITUAL AND SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE. EACH MARK SERVES AS A GESTURE OF PROTECTION, A RITE OF PASSAGE, AND A SYMBOL OF UNITY, HANDED DOWN THROUGH GENERATIONS AS A VISUAL LANGUAGE OF RESILIENCE, IDENTITY, AND BELONGING.
‘ORINOQUIA’ DRAWS FROM THESE POWERFUL VISUAL TRADITIONS, TRANSLATING THE BOLD LINES AND RHYTHMIC GEOMETRY OF YANOMAMI BODY ART INTO A CONTEMPORARY PRINT THAT HONORS THE ROOTS OF HUMAN EXPRESSION.
THIS SPECIAL EDITION IS KANOMI’S TRIBUTE TO THE LAND, TO THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE, TO THE ORIGINAL KEEPERS OF VENEZUELA’S VAST ECOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL WISDOM. IT CELEBRATES THEIR RESOURCEFULNESS, ARTISTIC MASTERY, AND ENDURING SENSE OF COMMUNITY, A QUIET YET POWERFUL PRESENCE IN THE SPIRIT OF THIS COLLECTION.
