Introduction -- Regina A.Root, College of William and Mary PART 1: UNRAVELING HISTORY * 'Visualizing Difference: The Rhetoric of Clothing in Colonial Spanish America' -- Mariselle Melndez, University of Illinois * Fashioning Independence: Gender, Dress and Social Space in Postcolonial Argentina -- Regina A. Root, College of William and Mary * The Traveler's Eye: Chinas Poblanas and European-Inspired Costume in Postcolonial Mexico -- Kimberly Randall * Far Eastern Influences in Latin American Fashions -- Araceli Tinajero, City University of New York PART 2: ALTERED TRADITIONS * Ixcacles: Maguey Fiber Sandals in Modern Mexico -- Pamela Scheinman, Montclair State University, New Jersey * 'Why do Gringos Like Black?' Mourning, Tourism, and Changing Fashions in Peru -- Blenda Femenas, University of Pittsburgh * Dressed to Kill: The Embroidered Fashion Industry of the Sakaka of Highland Bolivia -- Elayne Zorn, University of Central Florida * Representations of Tradition in Latin American Boundary Textile Art -- Elyse Demaray, Melody Keim-Shenk, YWCA of Lancaster, and Mary A. Littrell, Iowa State University * PART 3: FASHION AND THE CULTURAL IMAGINARY * Ponchos of the River Plate: Nostalgia for Eden -- Ruth Corcuera, director of CIAFIC * Mappin Stores: Adding an English Touch to the Sao Paulo Fashion Scene -- Rita Andrade * As She Walks to the Sea: A Semiology of Rio de Janeiro -- Nizia Villaa, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro * 'Every Girl Had a Fan which she kept Always in Motion': Puerto Rican Women's Dress at a Time of Social and Cultural Transition' -- Dilia Lpez Gydosh, Ohio State University, and Marsha Dickson, Kansas State University * PART 4: MEDITATION AND CONSUMPTION * Guayaberismo and the Essence of Cool -- Marilyn Miller, Tulane University, New Orleans * Transvestite Pedagogy: Jacqueline and Cuban Culture -- James Pancrazio, Illinois State University * Frida and Evita: Latin American Icons for Export--Mara Claudia Andr, Hope College * Fashioning United States Salvadoranness: Unveiling the Faces of Chrsity Turlington and Rosa Lpez -- Claudia M. Milian Arias, Brown University * PART 5: IN SEARCH OF FASHION Scattered Bodies, Unfashionable Flesh -- Fabricio Forastelli, Emory University