GRAZIANO & GUTIÉRREZ

G&G was founded in the Fall of 2018 by Alejandro Gutierrez and Samuel Graziano while still in school at the University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning. In our third year we started the development for the brand, Alejandro spent the Spring semester in the Yucatan working with hand-woven textiles and finding what would become our first partnership with an indigenous family in Oaxaca & Chiapas; these are the same families we work with today. In the Fall, Alejandro & Sam spent time conducting cultural research in the Yucatan and presenting different iterations of the brand at school, they sold a few things locally until they created their first collection in the Spring of 2019 upon graduation. That summer Alejandro relocated to Portland, OR and started working as the full-time owner of the brand and one year later, in the summer of 2020 we launched our online store.

Our goal is focused on repurposing Mexican textiles commonly used for upholstery or tablecloths to give them a new, unique, and personal use. We aim to create pieces to preserve, honor and share the incredibly rich heritage of Mexico while also providing a platform for the artisans work to shine. Due to the nature of our artisan collaboration and hand-made production processes, we escaped the traditional industry model and offer smaller, seasonally appropriate capsule collections released throughout the year. These consist of a curated selection of fabrics and styles available in limited quantities. All of our pieces are patterned, cut and sewn to order by hand by Alejandro Gutierrez in our Portland, Oregon studio which allows us to provide customization options for orders.