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2011-11-14 19:12:41 UTC
Mexican fashion models are harkening back to the country’s sartorial
past – wearing midriff-baring tunics and bright-colored silk tops with
hieroglyphic symbols.
Fox News -
Growing numbers of Mexican designers are drawing inspiration from the
pre-Columbian clothing widely worn during the country's bicentennial
celebrations last year, and they're coming up with fashions that give
tradition a contemporary twist.
Known as huipiles, the long and loose tunics designed with vivid
patterns of birds, flowers and geometrical shapes had for centuries
identified the origin and marital status of indigenous women in Mexico
and Central America.
Read more: http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/lifestyle/2011/11/14/mexican-runways-come-alive-with-indigenous-fashion/#ixzz1dhzeuZfY
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past – wearing midriff-baring tunics and bright-colored silk tops with
hieroglyphic symbols.
Fox News -
Growing numbers of Mexican designers are drawing inspiration from the
pre-Columbian clothing widely worn during the country's bicentennial
celebrations last year, and they're coming up with fashions that give
tradition a contemporary twist.
Known as huipiles, the long and loose tunics designed with vivid
patterns of birds, flowers and geometrical shapes had for centuries
identified the origin and marital status of indigenous women in Mexico
and Central America.
Read more: http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/lifestyle/2011/11/14/mexican-runways-come-alive-with-indigenous-fashion/#ixzz1dhzeuZfY
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=newssearch&cd=3&ved=0CEQQqQIwAg&url=http%3A%2F%2Flatino.foxnews.com%2Flatino%2Flifestyle%2F2011%2F11%2F14%2Fmexican-runways-come-alive-with-indigenous-fashion%2F&ei=dWfBTrlPs-KxArb4mPgB&usg=AFQjCNHsUEHk-Y9fiA2Es9iSEgxhNkLfUg