# Latin American and Latinx Fashion Design Today - ¡Moda Hoy! - Hardcover

by **Tanya Melendez-Escalante** (Editor), **Melissa Marra-Alvarez** (Editor)

Accompanying a major exhibition at The Museum at FIT, _Latin American and Latinx Fashion Design Today:_ _Moda Hoy!_ examines Latin American and Latinx fashion design from the past 20 years, asking "What is Latin American fashion design in the 21st century"?

The book seeks to explore the sociohistorical influences and cultural dynamics that have propelled the development of the unique sartorial bricolage that is Latin American and Latinx fashion. Through a series of themes and topics favored by contemporary designers - including Indigenous heritage, art, sustainable design, politics, gender, elegance, and popular culture - it highlights established designers with a strong international presence, such as Isabel Toledo, Carolina Herrera, Rick Owens, Oscar de la Renta, Carla Fernández, and Gabriela Hearst. Accompanied by regional brands and emerging talents, and case studies that take an in-depth look into specific designers, and beautifully illustrated in full color throughout, _Latin American and Latinx Fashion Design Today_ is essential reading for fashion enthusiasts who have an overlapping interest in Latin American studies, and all who appreciate the history and visual culture of fashion and Latin America.

### Author Biography

**Tanya Melendez-Escalante** is senior curator of education and public programs at The Museum at FIT. She is a contributing author to the books _La comedia y el melodrama en el audiovisual iberoamericano contempora´neo_ (2015) and _Pink: The History of a Punk, Pretty, Powerful Color_ (2018). She curated the exhibitions _Eterno Femenino_ (2017) in León, Mexico; _Julia y Renata: Moda y Transformación_ (2020) at the Museo de Arte de Zapopan in Zapopan, Mexico; and the 2023 exhibition _¡Moda Hoy!_ _Latin American and Latinx Fashion Design Today_ at The Museum at FIT.

**Melissa Marra-Alvarez** is curator of education and research at The Museum at FIT. She curated the exhibitions _Minimalism/Maximalism_ (MFIT, 2019) and _Force of Nature_ (MFIT, 2017) and co-curated _Fashion & Politics_ (MFIT, 2009). Marra-Alvarez is co-curating the 2023 Museum at FIT exhibition _¡Moda Hoy!_ _Latin American and Latinx Fashion Design Today._ Her publications include _Food and Fashion_ (Bloomsbury, 2022), _Fashion Underground: The World of Susanne Bartsch_ (2015), and _Dance and Fashion_ (2013).

**Number of Pages:** 288

**Dimensions:** 0.9 x 11.5 x 9 IN

**Publication Date:** April 18, 2024

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