Carla Fernandez Falda Meztli

Meztli is the moon. It is one of those words that survives in Mexican Spanish and in place names long after the language around it has receded, and it carries the whole Nahua reckoning of time with it: the month, the count of nights, the thing that was watched before anything was written down.

A skirt is the plainest possible object to hang that on, and the plainness is the point. This house names things after gods, towns, and peoples, and it puts those names on a skirt, a trouser, a shirt. Not on a gown, not on a piece meant for a photograph. Beyond the name we know nothing at all about this skirt: no fiber, no color, no country of manufacture. So the page will give you the name, and let the piece itself and its label give you the rest.

A skirt is the hardest thing to make interesting without making it complicated, and panel construction solves that by refusing to try. We wanted the plain one.

Carla Fernández names garments after the Nahua reckoning of the world, and this is the skirt carrying the moon.

We do not hold a fiber content, a color, a weave, or a country of origin for this skirt.

A skirt built from panels takes its shape from where the panels are joined rather than from darts, so it tends to hang straight and to move from the hem rather than from the hip. We do not hold a size for this skirt, so please ask us before choosing.

With the Top Teco or the Camisa Xochitlan tucked. Under the Saco Chinanteco. Under the Capa Charra Gris Calado Negro.

Follow the care label on the skirt itself, which outranks anything general we could tell you. Our care guidance covers the principles.

The Gap Denim Skirt is naturally dyed cotton denim made in San Juan Chamula, the Pantalón Falda Armazón puts a skirt panel over the leg, and the Vestido Chenalho is a dress named for a Tsotsil municipality in the Chiapas highlands. Everything we carry from Carla Fernández is listed together.