GRACIELA RIVAS LESLIN IS A TALENTED FASHION DESIGNER WHO COMBINED HER APPRECIATION OF ART AND HER LOVE FOR FASHION TO LAUNCH THE GRACIELA RIVAS LABEL.
THE LABEL’S MISSION IS TO MAKE WOMEN FEEL EMPOWERED THROUGH FASHION BY CREATING DESIGNS FOR THOSE WHO ENJOY DRESSING UP AND CELEBRATING THEIR FEMININE SIDE.
THE BRAND HAS BEEN PART OF BOSTON DESIGN WEEK AND HAS HAD FASHION PRESENTATIONS AT LOCATIONS LIKE THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, AND THE W AND MANDARIN HOTELS. SHE’S BEEN FEATURED AT FASHION SHOWS AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY & NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY AND ART GALLERIES ON NEWBURY STREET IN BOSTON.
THE LABEL'S DESIGNS WERE SELECTED AS PART OF SAKS' EMERGING DESIGNER SHOWCASE IN NYC AND HAD BEEN RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE "NEW FACES IN FASHION" AS WELL AS ONE OF THE WOMEN'S BUSINESSES THAT REPRESENT "THE POWER OF WOMEN - THE FUTURE OF BOSTON FASHION" BY BOSTON FASHION WEEK.
GRACIELA RIVAS HAS ALSO BEEN PART OF THE FIRST PUBLIC AUGMENTED REALITY ART INSTALLATION OF ITS KIND PRESENTED BY BFW, WHERE HER DESIGNS WERE DIGITALLY FEATURED AT ART GALLERIES AND CITY STREETS THAT SUPERIMPOSED IMAGES OF HER DESIGNS IN A USER’S VIEW OF THE REAL WORLD USING A SMARTPHONE.
GRACIELA'S PERSONAL STYLE HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED BY PUBLICATIONS LIKE THE BOSTON GLOBE, WHERE SHE WAS SELECTED AS PART OF THE GLOBE’S MOST STYLISH BOSTONIANS, AS WELL AS IN INTERNATIONAL FASHION MAGAZINES.
THE LABEL GOT FEATURED AT THESE F/W 2023 BOSTON EVENTS:
OPENING NIGHT - RUNWAY SHOW AT THE LIBERTY HOTEL.
OPENING NIGHT OF BOSTON FASHION WEEK WHERE THE CREATIVE FORCES BEHIND BFW AND ILLUMINUS CAME TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE CAMBRIDGE SCIENCE X FASHION DAY WITH AN IMMERSIVE FASHION RUNWAY, PROJECTION & PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE.
FIRST ANNUAL BOSTON RUNWAY BALL IN THE HISTORIC GRAND OLD BALLROOM AT THE BOSTON PARK PLAZA HOTEL. WHERE PROCEEDS WENT TO THE "TOAST TO ST. JUDE" AND ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL.