A team from Collaborative Photo Shoots New Mexico recently produced a photo shoot
featuring the designs of Albuquerque designer Guadalupe Ramirez. Guadalupe is a first
generation Mexican-American with a passion for all things fashion. He is originally from El
Paso, Texas but Albuquerque has been his adopted home from 2002, when he moved here to
accommodate his studies with the Fashion Design Program at Santa Fe Community College.
In 2005, Guadalupe took a year of study at the Fashion Institute of Technology, in New York
City, returning to New Mexico in 2006. Also in 2005, he applied for a spot on Project Runway,
making it to the interview process and a meeting with Tim Gunn.
In 2006, Guadalupe returned to Albuquerque with renewed vigor and bursting with the creativity
that has led to three stunning collections of evening gowns, one of which is shown on these
pages. Guadalupe is working on a fourth collection, several pieces from which were shown
at New Mexico Fashion Week 2016, where he was a featured designer. Guadalupe’s other
lines have been featured at the SFCC, Azulito, and El Farol fashion shows in Santa Fe and in
Albuquerque at the Vizion Fashion Show and at the University of New Mexico’s “A Walk for
Beautiful Fashion”, which was hosted to raise awareness of the gynecological issues facing
women in tribal Africa. As a result of the latter show, Guadalupe developed a serious interest
in issues affecting women’s health and has since joined forces with the Gynecological Cancer
Awareness Project to promote activism through fashion.
Guadalupe designs for “every woman” and all the gowns in this shoot were sized 8 – 10.
His designs have been featured in various publications, to include profiles on the Santa Fe
New Mexican and photo spreads or articles in fashion and modeling magazines such as The
Bridal Guide, Nifty, and Bliss. Guadalupe hopes to premiere his latest line at a fashion show
in December of this year, with details to be announced. He says his next goal is to go into
production and he has already begun preliminary inquiries.
About Collaborative Photo Shoots New Mexico: The CPSNM is a private group on Facebook
with membership by invitation only. The group is comprised of 400+ creatives who share
a common goal of advancing the Fashion and Arts & Entertainment industries in New
Mexico. Members include award-winning filmmakers, actors and actresses, scriptwriters,
prop masters and set designers, hair and make-up artists, fashion, fitness, and glamour
models, pageant competitors, fitness trainers, fitness competitors, singers and songwriters,
musicians, modern dance and ballet performers, producers, stylists, fashion designers,
seamstresses, fashion show owners and organizers, project managers, and a whole host of
other talents and professions that create an amazing space for synergies, collaborations and
artistic expressions to be born.
About this shoot: The project manager was Brian Bolman. The venue for the studio shots was
the Albuquerque Museum of Art and Natural History. The outdoor shots were made at the
museum and at San Felipe de Neri, in Old Town. The designs were modeled by Emily Zumwalt,
Katie Chavez, Nicole Nagy and Sheila Eden. Hair and make-up services were provided by
Brian Bolman, Lexi Christine Monroe. Matthew Carrillo was the production assistant and
Mitch Tillison was the photographer.
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NM CliQ Magazine | May 2016