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. “Once in a great while a book is published that cracks open previously ignored areas of scholarship, creates critical discussion, and shines light on potential social justice interventions. Such is the case with Latin American and Latinx Fashion Design Today. ... An excellent analysis that will for decades generate new ideas, critical conversations, and expose the importance of the peoples of the Americas in all their complexity.” ― Aída Hurtado, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA “With a wealth of material culture case studies and chapters covering politics, sustainability, gender, and popular culture; this book is a definitive text on Latin American and Latinx fashion today.” ― José Blanco F., Dominican University, USA “This groundbreaking volume explores the distinctiveness of Latin American Fashion and charts its contribution to global fashion cultures … A remarkable achievement that deserves wide readership.” ― Jennifer Craik, author of Fashion: The Key Concepts and The Face of Fashion Tanya Melendez-Escalante is Senior Curator of Education and public programs at The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, USA. She is a contributing author to the books La comedia y el melodrama en el audiovisual iberoamericano contemporáneo (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 Jalisco, 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 the Fashion Institute of Technology, USA. She curated the exhibition Force of Nature (2017) and co-curated Fashion & Politics (2009). She has contributed to Fashion Underground (2015), Dance and Fashion (2013), Fashion Designers A-Z, The Collection of the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology (2013), Bloomsbury's Fashion Photography Archive and Oxford Art Online .