Gloria Cortina Lookbook

TIERRA FINA

2025 FALL COLLECTION

Gloria Cortina creates spaces and pieces that are conceived and composed as art in three dimensions. They express ideas and emotions prompted by modernity and myth – ‘a search for the harmony and beauty that can be found in conscious and unconscious imaginings.’

Working from her bases in New York and Mexico City her designs, curations and artistic collaborations overlap dynamically.

‘It’s like a dance, a series of movements’ she explains, ‘the weaving together of a complete three-dimensional living experience by giving and receiving ideas.’

Gloria describes a key part of her approach as being ‘almost like sculpting space and light’. She creates compositions that bring together art, architectural form, and culture to create extremely place-sensitive atmospheres and aesthetics.

Her designs, for clients who have included leaders in the tech and communication sectors and art world figures, flow from her intense interest in the physical, emotional, and creative qualities of spaces, materials, and objects.

Gloria’s inspirations range from Mayan artefacts to Cubism, 20th century Modernist art and architecture, México’s unique Arts and Crafts heritage, and natural and archaeological environments. These, and other sources, give her spatial compositions the character of threedimensional art.

They often include pieces from her own Collectible Design series and are characterised by the use of beautiful and unusual materials, crafted with exceptional attention to detail by her own team of highly-skilled makers.

Her furniture has been acquired by major cultural institutions such as the Cooper Hewitt and Smithsonian in New York, and the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, and it has been featured in publications including Vogue, Architectural Digest, Elle Decoration, Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times.

Tierra Fina

A collaboration between Gloria Cortina & Holland & Sherry Interiors.

Rooted in the landscapes and traditions of Mexico, Tierra Fina is a study in color, material, and memory. Conceived with Gloria Cortina, the acclaimed Mexican designer known for her poetic approach to interiors, architecture, and collectible design — the collection expands upon Holland & Sherry’s signature textiles, infusing them with hues drawn from the earth and sea of Mexico.

The palette speaks of transformation: the soft blush of rose quartz, the many shades of agave, from its familiar verdant green to the smoky depth of burnt agave, and the luminous spectrum of cochineal. Harvested for centuries from the cactus-dwelling insect, cochineal yields one of the world’s most precious natural dyes, producing reds that range from tender rose to the richest carmine. Complementing these tones are the subtle translucency of Mexican sea glass, worn smooth by time and tide.

Together, these inspirations form a collection both timeless and contemporary — where Holland & Sherry’s heritage of cloth making meets Cortina’s mastery of design and color.

Tierra Fina is an homage to Mexico: to its colors, its materials, and its enduring artistry.