Cholitas of La Paz.
June 13th 2014 They are everywhere in La Paz. Bowler-hatted women with wide layered skirts and yards of petticoats. A strange look. A fashion adopted from the colonists who used their own Spanish style to separate themselves from the indigenous. But the Aymara took it, and made it their own, and centuries after the Spanish left, flounced skirts (known as a pollera) and fringed shawls continue to be 'de riguer' a
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A new fashion trend?
So, you weren't tempted to take back a bowler hat and a few polleras to impress your friends back in A'dam? Big hips, heavy calves--oh, Europe is just waiting for its next new style! Love the colors and embroidery of the shawls here--I can imagine they'd be pricey. How great that some of the indigenous women have the money to be such colorful, fashion plates! Fun blog!