- "How to survive chaos: Lessons from Venezuela"

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..."Back in the day the only references to fashion [designers from] Venezuela were Carolina Herrera or Angel Sanchez, but in the mid-2000s a series of designers began to emerge," says journalist and former fashion editor of Hola Venezuela Gianfranco Berardinelli citing names like Roberi Parra, Laili Lau, Daniela Panaro and Maria Fernanda Pulgar. He recounts stores like Aprilis, Corot, Slabon and Iskia, among others, that served as important spaces to promote local design. "It was an exciting time for Venezuelan fashion".