World fashion history

HUM 385 Cultural History of Fashion - Alternatives to Nudity

Western Hemisphere

Central and South America - Mesoamerica

Weaving

Applique (Mola)

Metal work

Maya Southern Mexico, Guatemala 250 -900 AD

Aztec Central Mexico 1400s

Inca Ecuador, Peru, Chile 1200 - 1572

serape - M wrap

rebozo - F wrap

poncho - square draped covering

huipil - blouse

xochipayo - embroidered belt

North America

Suede, quill and feather work

Trade Goods: cloth and beads

Northeast forest - Iroquois

Arctic north – Eskimo

Southwest desert - Zuni

Central plains - Lakoda

breechclout and leggings

warbonnet and roach headdresses

war or scalp shirt

Wicasa Yatapikas – “Shirt Wearers”

Pacific - Polynesia

Floral Adornment

Hawaii and Tahiti

Indigenous

tapa or kapa - bark cloth

malo - loincloth

pa’u - grass/leaf skirt

lei - flower garland

Post Colonial/Christian

palaka – M shirt

pareo - F cloth wrap

holoku - formal dress

mu’u mu’u - casual dress

Maori (New Zealand)

harakeke – flax

ta moko - tattoo