The Tamesis
Some designers start with fabrics, movies, or specific eras. For Andrés Jiménez, founder of Mancandy, one of the iconic brands in Mexican urban fashion, the season begins with a question: What would Britney Spears wear if she were escaping the paparazzi in 2026? from this idea Blade Heart.
The collection retained Mancandy’s signature carnival energy—provocative, seductive, bold—filtered through a distinctly Y2K lens, with tight tops, low-rise wide-leg jeans and an effortless attitude. The new element of fall: kitsch.
Mankandi’s flowers? Even if they are unexpected, they still work. The hand-embroidered floral appliqués, made by the designer herself, appear not on a romantic dress but on an oversized T-shirt, retaining the brand’s distinctive identity.
Cutout, one of Mancandi’s most recognizable elements, once again takes center stage. Of particular note is a pair of oversized joggers with dramatic openings at the knees, originally designed in 2016. “In 2016, they were too wide and too long, and people didn’t understand the idea of dragging them on the floor, holes, etc.,” he explains. “I decided to relaunch the range and now they are a huge hit.”
title Blade Heart Well embodying the ethos of the collection: “This is not a sweet or innocent heart. This is a sharp heart, almost like a blade. Beautiful, but dangerous. Fragile, but ruthless,” the show notes read. While the series doesn’t strive for strict visual uniformity, it succeeds in expressing something perhaps more compelling: that in a moment increasingly dominated by formulas and algorithmic perfection, the joy of experimentation, creation, and fully embracing one’s own intuition can still produce something truly exciting.
