Two Traditions
One Garment
Hand-Embroidered Linen from Oaxaca
The embroidery technique featured on Camino linen shirts is recognized at Oaxaca’s principal cultural museum, La Casa de la Cultura Oaxaqueña, as a popular art form fundamental to local identity.
Each design is drawn freehand by Doña Claudia who learned the craft as a young child from her mother and grandmother. Every stitch is then placed individually by hand over the course of several hours. This meticulous process gives the embroidery an extraordinary level of detail and a sculptural texture that cannot be replicated by machine.
Shirts shipping Summer of 2026.
Constructing the Shirt
Italian linen is delivered to Tekit, Yucatán, an artisan village widely known as the Guayabera Capital of the World. There, in partnership with the region’s longest-standing textile family, the Koh family, each shirt is cut and sewn using double-needle construction, producing exceptionally strong, clean seams.
The finished linen shirt acts as a breathable canvas for the embroidery, allowing the stitching to sit cleanly on the surface while remaining exceptionally comfortable in warm climates.
Drawing the Design
Forms inspired by the local flora of San Antonino Castillo Velasco, Oaxaca are drawn freehand onto the garment by Doña Claudia, a member of the local Zapotec community.
Unlike industrial embroidery patterns that repeat identical motifs, every composition is unique.
Hand Embroidery
Using needle and thread, each form is built stitch by stitch over the course of several hours. The dense stitching creates a slightly raised surface, giving the embroidery its distinctive sculptural texture and remarkable level of detail.
The finished garment carries the unmistakable signature of the artisan’s hand: no two pieces are ever exactly alike.
