tag:dreamwidth.org,2012-05-14:1620978strix albastrix albastrix alba2016-11-21T15:13:40Ztag:dreamwidth.org,2012-05-14:1620978:147818leah-cultice:Grace Hartzel by Patrick Demarchelier for Vogue...2016-11-21T15:13:40Z2016-11-21T15:13:40Zpublic0via <a href="http://ift.tt/2gdlpUs">http://ift.tt/2gdlpUs</a>:<br />leah-cultice:<br /><br />Grace Hartzel by Patrick Demarchelier for Vogue Japan November 2016<br /><img src="http://strix-alba.dreamwidth.org/file/141754.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=strix_alba&ditemid=147818" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2012-05-14:1620978:132511When Indigenous Fashion Hits the Runway, Details Matter2016-11-15T22:51:09Z2016-11-15T22:51:09Zpublic0via <a href="http://ift.tt/2fTU73F:When">http://ift.tt/2fTU73F:When</a> Indigenous Fashion Hits the Runway, Details Matter:<br /><br />poc-creators:<br /><br />Fifteen years ago, Glenda Yañez put on the clothes of her ancestors.She had always admired how her grandmother dressed—her wide, layered skirt; a thick embroidered shawl; and a top hat leaning just so, two long and dark braids coming down her back. Yañez, who grew up in the bustling city of La Paz, Bolivia, had come of age in jeans and T-shirts.<br /><br />That’s because her grandmother’s indigenous dress — known as the chola style — had for centuries been a target of acute discrimination. For most of Bolivia’s history, a Spanish-descended, white minority lorded over the country’s native majority in a system akin to apartheid. The chola wardrobe is a fashion distinctive to Bolivia’s second largest indigenous group, the Aymara people. And it’s one that has endured since the 1700s, even though it has brought with it heightened segregation.<br /><br />MORE<br /><br />The photos accompanying this article are SO wonderful. <br /><img src="http://strix-alba.dreamwidth.org/file/126263.png" /><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=strix_alba&ditemid=132511" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments