Cholita fabrics and cuts, Izquierdo writes, “are comfortable and fresh for our climate conditions (there’s) functionality and wisdom behind them ... The Cholitas from La Paz, for example, even though they have a very uniform style — vivid color skirts with beautiful embroideries, gold accessories and a short hat, which belong to their context — if we break down their ensemble piece by piece, we acknowledge their existence in other countries ... the cultural mixture of the people themselves give us common elements.”
The “Cholitas” are mostly from Aymara and Quechua descent and often come from low-income households. They famously wrestle, using the sport as an opportunity to empower themselves and renegotiate the sexist and racist connotations that are associated with Indigenous women in Bolivia.
">A Cholita fashion show and clothing fair was held in Villa Esperanza in El Alto, Bolivia, on Wednesday.
teleSUR’s host of Cultura Latina, Mauricio Izquierdo, wrote of the culture that Cholitas “already have their own high fashion stores ... they have a beauty that not only belongs to a picturesque, specific context, but one that can be exported and brought to other settings.”
Cholita fabrics and cuts, Izquierdo writes, “are comfortable and fresh for our climate conditions (there’s) functionality and wisdom behind them ... The Cholitas from La Paz, for example, even though they have a very uniform style — vivid color skirts with beautiful embroideries, gold accessories and a short hat, which belong to their context — if we break down their ensemble piece by piece, we acknowledge their existence in other countries ... the cultural mixture of the people themselves give us common elements.”
The “Cholitas” are mostly from Aymara and Quechua descent and often come from low-income households. They famously wrestle, using the sport as an opportunity to empower themselves and renegotiate the sexist and racist connotations that are associated with Indigenous women in Bolivia.
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