Vancouver Fashion Week FW27 interview w/ Fashion Designer Leidy Laura Rendón Cardona of LLR (Lady Laura Clothing)
Bio -
In 2025, she was selected for Colegiatura’s Transmission Balenciaga project, where her Fractal outfit was published by the Cristóbal Balenciaga Museum. From there, her work evolved into the Áurea collection, presented at Colombiamoda 2025, followed by her first commercial brand collection, CORPÓREA, presented at Colombiamoda 2026. What she will present at Vancouver Fashion Week 2026 is a fusion of both: the Fibonacci spiral dressing the body through complexity and experimentation, combined with new techniques emerging from her research into body biomechanics and translated into a more commercial language. A collection that stands by one conviction: movement is the greatest trend.
Interview -
Tell us a little about your journey to choosing fashion design as a career.
I grew up surrounded by fashion. My great-grandmother made quilts from fabric scraps, my grandmother owns a garment workshop that is still operating, and my mother is a self-taught fashion designer and the best dressmaker I know. I grew up watching her make any garment, costume, or dress I imagined possible. Little by little, I understood fashion as a way to speak about myself and who I am, but also as a tool to help other people express and explore themselves.
How did you learn your skills?
I study Fashion Design at Colegiatura, where I have learned about patternmaking, textiles, collection development, and creative direction. My other great teacher has been my mother, Beatriz Cardona. I have learned so much from her, and I continue to do so with every project.
Who are you as a designer? How would you describe your aesthetic, your customer, and your brand?
As a designer, I study how the human body and mind work through clothing. My aesthetic is experimental, maximalist, and structured. LADY LAURA CLOTHING aims to accompany people’s physical and mental movements and is created for those who want to express themselves and explore their identity through clothing.
The easiest thing for me is creating structured and coherent concepts based on life experiences. I enjoy turning those experiences into narratives and collections. The hardest part is making my designs more commercial and able to be sold on a larger scale without losing their essence.
Where do you find inspiration for your new collections? How important is colour in your process?
My inspiration usually comes from analysing my own experiences and studying human behaviour. Colour is very important because it is part of the concept and helps communicate what I want to express through each collection.
Tell us more about the collection you will present at Vancouver Fashion Week SS27.
Biomechanical Spirals is a maximalist collection that finds a balance between geometry and fashion. It explores new structures through garment construction and transforms experimental patternmaking into silhouettes. The patterns originate from the Fibonacci spiral and are combined with research into biomechanics and body movement.
Do you have a favourite look from this collection?
My favourite is the look that opens the runway show. It was the first one I made, and it represents how complex and, at the same time, enriching this entire creative process has been.
I grew up surrounded by fashion. My great-grandmother made quilts from fabric scraps, my grandmother owns a garment workshop that is still operating, and my mother is a self-taught fashion designer and the best dressmaker I know. I grew up watching her make any garment, costume, or dress I imagined possible. Little by little, I understood fashion as a way to speak about myself and who I am, but also as a tool to help other people express and explore themselves.
How did you learn your skills?
I study Fashion Design at Colegiatura, where I have learned about patternmaking, textiles, collection development, and creative direction. My other great teacher has been my mother, Beatriz Cardona. I have learned so much from her, and I continue to do so with every project.
Who are you as a designer? How would you describe your aesthetic, your customer, and your brand?
As a designer, I study how the human body and mind work through clothing. My aesthetic is experimental, maximalist, and structured. LADY LAURA CLOTHING aims to accompany people’s physical and mental movements and is created for those who want to express themselves and explore their identity through clothing.
What comes easiest to you as a designer? What is the hardest?
The easiest thing for me is creating structured and coherent concepts based on life experiences. I enjoy turning those experiences into narratives and collections. The hardest part is making my designs more commercial and able to be sold on a larger scale without losing their essence.
My inspiration usually comes from analysing my own experiences and studying human behaviour. Colour is very important because it is part of the concept and helps communicate what I want to express through each collection.
Tell us more about the collection you will present at Vancouver Fashion Week SS27.
Biomechanical Spirals is a maximalist collection that finds a balance between geometry and fashion. It explores new structures through garment construction and transforms experimental patternmaking into silhouettes. The patterns originate from the Fibonacci spiral and are combined with research into biomechanics and body movement.
Do you have a favourite look from this collection?
My favourite is the look that opens the runway show. It was the first one I made, and it represents how complex and, at the same time, enriching this entire creative process has been.
Fractal Fashionfilm
Where can readers purchase your designs?
They can contact my brand directly through Instagram at @ladylauraclothing or through my personal account, @leidy.laura6.
Portfolio: www.leidy-laura-rendon.com
My next goal as a designer and as a brand is to enter the French market with my designs and continue developing LADY LAURA CLOTHING internationally.
In closing, is there anything else you would like to share?
I want to recognize my mother, Beatriz Cardona, because she has been a fundamental part of this project. Without her, none of this would have been possible. I would have loved for her to be with me in Vancouver.
Links -
- Sitio web - https://www.leidy-laura-rendon.com/
- Instagram - @ladylauraclothing and @leidy.laura6
- YouTube - www.youtube.com/@LeidylauraRendon
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