THE SS24 CAPSULE OWES ITS NAME TO A TERM THAT HAS ITS ORIGINS IN THE PEMON LANGUAGE, “DARÔWÖ”, TRANSLATES TO LIFE AND ‘VIDA’ IN SPANISH; AND PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE MEMBERS OF THE KANOMI TEAM WHO CONTRUCT AND BREATHE LIFE INTO EACH PIECE. DARÖWÖ ALSO BRINGS TO MIND THE SECOND LIFE GIVEN TO OUR FABRIC SCRAPS, WHICH HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED INTO ART SINCE THE BRAND ́S EARLY DAYS. THE COLLECTION WAS DOCUMENTED BY DILA RAMOS BETWEEN THE KANOMI STUDIO AND ‘QUINTA CAFÉ’, A FAMILY HOUSE BUILT IN 1960 DESIGNED BY VENEZUELAN ARCHITECT FRUTO VIVAS, WHOSE WORK AIMED TO FURTHER INTEGRATE THE LIFE OF THE HUMAN BEING INTO NATURE. 

DARÖWÖ
ORIGIN: PEMÓN LANGUAGE
MEANING: LIFE (EN) · VIDA (ES)

THE SS24 CAPSULE, DARÖWÖ, TAKES ITS NAME FROM THE PEMÓN WORD FOR "LIFE", A TRIBUTE TO VITALITY, INTERCONNECTEDNESS, AND THE QUIET STRENGTH OF NATURAL AND ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE.

IN COLLABORATION WITH
DOCUMENTED BY DILA RAMOS
MUSES: CLARISSA · RUTH · SOFÍA · GABRIELA · CARLOTA
SKIN & HAIR: MARIGABY MARTINEZ · LEONARDO TAYA · WILA MEZA

‘CUNAGUARO’
SPECIAL EDITION PRINT . SS24

THE CUNAGUARO (LEOPARDUS PARDALIS), COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE OCELOT, IS THE LARGEST FELINE OF THE LEOPARDUS GENUS. A SOLITARY AND TERRITORIAL CARNIVORE, IT IS PRIMARILY NOCTURNAL AND CREPUSCULAR. ITS DISTINCTIVE YELLOWISH-BROWN COAT IS MARKED WITH ELONGATED, IRREGULAR DARK SPOTS, UNIQUE TO EACH INDIVIDUAL. OF THE TEN RECOGNIZED SUBSPECIES, TWO INHABIT VENEZUELA’S DIVERSE ECOSYSTEMS.

THE METICULOUS PRODUCTION OF THIS COLLECTIBLE PRINT EXEMPLIFIES KANOMI’S DEDICATION TO LUXURY PROVENANCE. PRINTED LOCALLY IN CARACAS, THE PROCESS REQUIRES EXCEPTIONAL EXPERTISE TO PRESERVE THE HAND-PAINTED QUALITY AND INTRICATE DETAIL OF THE DESIGN.

INSPIRED BY THE CUNAGUARO, THE VERNACULAR NAME FOR THIS ELUSIVE WILD CAT IN VENEZUELA, THE SS24 FABRIC REINTERPRETS THE EMBLEMATIC STRENGTH AND ALLURE OF ITS PATTERN THROUGH A CONTEMPORARY LENS.

KANOMI’S SPECIAL EDITION PRINTS CONTINUE TO BE AN ONGOING TRIBUTE TO VENEZUELA’S RICH NATURAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE. FOLLOWING COLLECTIONS SUCH AS VERDES DE MI TIERRA, CAYENA DEL CARIBE, MACUTO, CESTAS DE MI SELVA, BROMELIA DE NOCHE, AND ORQUÍDEA DE LA COSTA, CUNAGUARO HONORS THIS STRIKING FELINE TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT ITS ECOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE AND ENCOURAGE ITS PRESERVATION IN ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST BIODIVERSE COUNTRIES.

‘CESTAS DE NOCHE’
SPECIAL EDITION PRINT · SS24

THE GUATURA OR WII BASKETS HANDCRAFTED BY THE YANOMAMI WOMEN INSPIRED THE CREATION OF KANOM'S SIGNATURE SPECIAL EDITION PRINT 'CESTAS DE MI SELVA.' INTRODUCED IN 2020 TO COINCIDE WITH THE LABEL'S 20TH ANNIVERSARY CAPSULE, THE YANOMAMI, MEANING 'HUMAN BEING.' IS AN INDIGENOUS GROUP WHO, FOR CENTURIES, HAVE INHABITED A VAST AREA OF REMOTE FOREST AND LARGE, MEANDERING RIVERS ON THE BORDER BETWEEN BRAZIL AND VENEZUELA LIVING OFF FISHING HUNTING AND FRUIT GATHERING. THEY ARE KNOWN TO BE THE LARGEST INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY IN THE WORLD TO PRESERVE THEIR WAY OF LIFE, DESPITE CHALLENGES AND OUTSIDE INFLUENCES.

MADE OUT OF MAMURE PALM FIBERS TIGHTLY WOVEN FOR CARRYING PURPOSES AND PAINTED WITH NATURAL DYES, THEIR DESIGNS' UTILITARIAN SIMPLICITY AND AUSTERE BEAUTY ARE A SYMBOLIC EXPRESSION OF INDIGENOUS CULTURAL HERITAGE. YANOMAMI ART IS THE RESULT OF KNOWLEDGE TRANSMITTED THROUGH GENERATIONS, FROM COLLECTING RAW MATERIALS AND THEIR PROCESSING TO CRAFTING OBJECTS THROUGH ANCIENT WEAVING TECHNIQUES. THE CIRCULAR STRUCTURE AND GEOMETRIC MOTIFS OF THE BASKETRY CONNECT WITH THE DAILY LIFE OF THE YANOMAMI, WHO INTERACT CONCENTRICALLY WITH THE RAINFOREST, ARRANGING THEIR COMMUNAL HOUSES AT ITS CENTERFOLD EXPANDING THE RADIUS FOR THEIR AGRICULTURE AND HUNTING AREAS THIS SENSE OF CIRCULARITY EXPANDS ACROSS THE CUT OF THEIR HAIR AND TROUGHOUT THEIR GRAPHICS.

'CESTAS DE NOCHE' FOLLOWS 'CESTAS DE MI SELVA' AS THE SS24 EDITION OF THE SPECIAL PRINT, EVOKING THE TROPICAL FOREST'S NIGHTFALL INTO A DEEP, BLUE SKY. THE PRINT PAYS TRIBUTE TO KANOMI'S VENEZUELAN ROOTS, THE ARTISANAL LEGACY OF THOSE WHO PLANTED THE SEEDS OF THE SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY, THEIR RESOURCEFULNESS AND VAST KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR ENVIRONMENT, AND THE MASTERY OF THEIR CRAFTS.