Mexican Indigenous Textiles in Contemporary Fashion Trends
This paper presents a view of the influence of traditional indigenous textiie arts on current fashion styles in Mexico.While these design products bear a marked Mexican distinction,they serve to place such designers,many of them brilliant,in the foreground of fashion.As they are applauded for their innovation and for their supposed rescue of native cultures,seldom is recognition given to the traditional makers themselves,who have not ceased to uphold millenary traditions and cultural symbols.The use of indigenous textiles,whole and in parts,is increasingly becoming a means by which designers construct designs that make a strong impact,distinguishing the designer.This paper contemplates a reflection on the appropriations of an ethnic groups textile achievements for the individual benefit of the designer celebrity.At the same time,as culture is not static,indigenous makers-weavers,embroiderers and seamstresses-are developing their own new fashion trends,which are receiving attention and obtaining increasing popularity.These propose varied styles of traditional garments and are forging new markets: the famed clothing of the Isthmus Zapotec women has found many diverse applications; the embroidered garments of Zinacantán in the Highlands of Chiapas,in recent years,have incorporated new materials,colors and fibers allowing for unmeasured creativity; and the textile work of the Amuzgos in the southwestern mountains of Mexico in Guerrero and Oaxaca has not stopped in further excelling in weaving precision and richness of brocades that are widely distributed throughout the country.Various factors contribute in strengthening a communitys textile traditions,these being innovation from within,success in commercial aspects,and cultural pride.Against the backdrop of indigenous endeavors to make a mark,not only regionally but also at the national and international levels,perhaps it is in the designers calling attention to these textiles through appropriation,that such a focus can be considered in parallax as means to promote indigenous achievements in their own right.
ANAYA Yosi
Research Artist, Instituto de Artes Plásticas, UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA Avenida Primero de Mayo 21,Colonia ObrerA-Camesina Xalapa, Veracruz 91020 MEXICO
国际会议
The 9th International Shibori Symposium(第九届国际绞缬染织研讨会)
杭州
英文
113-122
2014-10-31（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）