In 2016, Carolina staked her claim in the Lower East Side, where she and her partner opened the doors to a boutique. This space was more than just a store; it was a manifesto in retail form, a riot of creativity that attracted the city’s stylists, musicians, and celebrities. Carolina's distinctive style has won over icons like Madonna, Solange Knowles, H.E.R, and Troye Sivan. Her studio/store became a cathedral of her ethos, with her designs as its hymns, establishing her as a key figure in downtown fashion and art.
Carolina’s work is a vivid expression of her beliefs, seamlessly merging art with fashion design. Influenced by her South American heritage, she challenges why traditional forms like folk and textile art have been excluded from the upper echelons of fine art.
By 2021, her fashion collections were being sold at Dover Street Market in New York, Los Angeles, and Tokyo. This expansion was not merely growth; it was a bold statement that her art would no longer whisper but shout.
Carolina’s collaborations — with the Andy Warhol Foundation, exhibitions at Fotografiska — highlight her relentless pursuit to meld the visceral force of art with the sleek allure of fashion. Her work does not just cross boundaries; it obliterates them, rewriting the rules of engagement between creator and creation.
Carolina Sarria’s fashion collections are currently available at Dover Street Market in New York, Los Angeles, and Tokyo, Upstairs on 7th in D.C., Lingua Franca in NYC, and Maxfields in LA.
Inspiration Unveiled: A Journey Through Darkness and Light in the Realm of Faith presented at Chapel Bar of Fotografiska.
In a captivating exploration of the human spirit and the intertwining forces of darkness and light, Carolina Sarria shares a profound narrative inspired by love, passion, sin and redemption.
