THE SS25 CAPSULE OWES ITS NAME TO THE LANGUAGE SPOKEN BY THE PEMON INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY LIVING IN THE GRAN SABANA SOUTH OF VENEZUELA “SE:MANTO”, TRANSLATES TO GRATITUDE OR ‘GRATITUD’ IN SPANISH; AND PAYS TRIBUTE TO VENEZUELA’S BOUNDLESS NATURAL WONDERS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE. IT MARKS KANOMI’S 25TH ORBIT AROUND THE SUN, A JOURNEY OF DEDICATION SUSTAINED AND INSPIRED BY THE BRAND’S “MADE IN VENEZUELA” MOTTO, WHICH SYMBOLIZES ITS UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO QUALITY, SUPERIOR CRAFTSMANSHIP, AND ENDURING STYLE, THE COLLECTION WAS DOCUMENTED BY DILA RAMOS ALONG THE COAST BETWEEN BAHIA DE PATANEMO AND LA BOCAINA LAGOON, NESTLED WITHIN SAN ESTEBAN NATIONAL PARK IN PUERTO CABELLO, NORTH-CENTRAL VENEZUELA.
‘COSTANERA’
SPECIAL EDITION PRINT · SS25
FOR SPRING/SUMMER 2025, KANOMI UNVEILS ‘COSTANERA’, A SPECIAL EDITION PRINT INSPIRED BY THE BREATHTAKING BIODIVERSITY OF VENEZUELA, ONE OF THE TEN MOST BIOLOGICALLY RICH COUNTRIES ON EARTH. THIS LATIN AMERICAN LAND IS HOME TO MORE THAN 21,000 SPECIES OF PLANTS AND VAST, LAYERED ECOSYSTEMS FROM THE MISTY CLOUD FORESTS OF THE COASTAL MOUNTAIN RANGE TO THE DENSE RAINFORESTS OF THE GUIANA SHIELD AND THE AMAZON BASIN.
THE ‘COSTANERA’ PRINT FEATURES A SELECTION OF BOTANICAL MOTIFS DRAWN FROM ARCHIVAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF NATIVE PLANT LIFE, CAPTURED BY KANOMI’S COLLABORATORS DURING EXCURSIONS ACROSS VENEZUELA. THESE VISUAL STUDIES, GATHERED OVER THE YEARS IN TANDEM WITH COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT, FORM A TRIBUTE TO THE VIBRANT FLORA AND WILD BEAUTY THAT CONTINUE TO SHAPE THE BRAND’S ARTISTIC UNIVERSE.
SE:MANTO
ORIGIN: PEMÓN LANGUAGE
MEANING: GRATITUDE (EN) · GRATITUD (ES)
THE SS25 CAPSULE, SE:MANTO, DRAWS ITS NAME FROM THE PEMÓN WORD FOR GRATITUDE, A REFLECTION OF REVERENCE FOR LAND, HERITAGE, AND THE CREATIVE PROCESS.
PHOTOGRAPHED ALONG THE UNTOUCHED COAST BETWEEN BAHÍA DE PATANEMO AND LA BOCAINA LAGOON, WITHIN SAN ESTEBAN NATIONAL PARK IN PUERTO CABELLO, NORTH-CENTRAL VENEZUELA, THE CAMPAIGN IMMERSES THE COLLECTION IN THE TERRAIN THAT INSPIRED IT.
IN COLLABORATION WITH
CAPTURED BY DILA RAMOS
MUSES: ZAIBETH · DAVIAGNY · NIKOLE
SKIN & HAIR: LEONARDO TAYA
‘ORINOQUIA’
SPECIAL EDITION PRINT · SS25
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.
