Carolina Herrera one-shoulder silk faille gown with beaded dome ball earrings.

For resort 2025, Carolina Herrera creative director Wes Gordon transported guests to Mexico City and paid tribute to the region’s artisanal traditions.

Creative Director Wes Gordon tells L'OFFICIEL about his creative process, working with Mexican artisans, and how the collaboration with Frame came to be.

Creative director Wes Gordon’s collection served as a reminder that, as he puts it, “beauty is not frivolous.”

The collection also marked the debut of a Carolina Herrera x Frame denim collaboration, with several silhouettes beyond jeans, including a colorful currant-red denim pencil skirt worn with a blue bodysuit, a washed blue ball skirt and jean jacket look. They added a casual approachability to the house offerings without sacrificing the diva drama.

A sunken square courtyard filled for the occasion with pale blush crushed stone, in front of Diego Rivera’s imposing volcanic rock temple to the arts in Mexico City. “Having a sunset palette hitting volcanic rock,