José Blanco F. is Associate Professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, USA. He is the editor of The Meanings of Dress, 5th edition, and has contributed chapters in edited volumes including The Fashion Reader, The Handbook of Masculinity Studies, The Fashion Business Reader, and Transglobal Fashion Narratives. He has published essays in journals including Fashion Theory, Fashion, Style and Popular Culture, Critical Studies in Men’s Fashion, Dress, and The Journal of Popular Culture.Raúl J. Vázquez-López is an independent researcher. He has published extensively on Puerto Rican dress, costume, and fashion and presented on the topic internationally.

Overall, Blanco and Vazquez-Lopez deliver a groundbreaking investigation of the interconnectedness of Puerto Rican dress and national identity across intertwined trajectories of conquest, migration, and cultural resilience. Dress, Fashion, and National Identity in Puerto Rico both enriches and expands global fashion scholarship while offering remarkable insights into the field.

• IntroductionPart 1: Puerto Rican Dress1. Taíno Nation: Recovering Native Identities via Dress2. Dressing the Jíbaros: Puerto Rican Peasants’ Clothing through Time and Space3. Palante: The Young Lords Fashioning ResistancePart 2: Puerto Rican Costume4. Dress and Dance in Puerto Rico5. The Santiago Apóstol Festival in Loíza6. King Herod’s Masked Soldiers: The Festival de Máscaras de HatilloPart 3: Puerto Rican Fashion7. Notes on the History of the Fashion Industry in Puerto Rico8. From Traditions to Fantasy: The National Costume for Puerto Rican Miss Universe Contestants9. Lost in Design: The Absence (Mostly) of Cultural Heritage in Puerto Rican Fashion DesignEpilogueBibliographyIndex

José Blanco F. is Associate Professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, USA. He is the editor of The Meanings of Dress, 5th edition, and has contributed chapters in edited volumes including The Fashion Reader, The Handbook of Masculinity Studies, The Fashion Business Reader, and Transglobal Fashion Narratives. He has published essays in journals including Fashion Theory, Fashion, Style and Popular Culture, Critical Studies in Men’s Fashion, Dress, and The Journal of Popular Culture.Raúl J. Vázquez-López is an independent researcher. He has published extensively on Puerto Rican dress, costume, and fashion and presented on the topic internationally.

Overall, Blanco and Vazquez-Lopez deliver a groundbreaking investigation of the interconnectedness of Puerto Rican dress and national identity across intertwined trajectories of conquest, migration, and cultural resilience. Dress, Fashion, and National Identity in Puerto Rico both enriches and expands global fashion scholarship while offering remarkable insights into the field.

• IntroductionPart 1: Puerto Rican Dress1. Taíno Nation: Recovering Native Identities via Dress2. Dressing the Jíbaros: Puerto Rican Peasants’ Clothing through Time and Space3. Palante: The Young Lords Fashioning ResistancePart 2: Puerto Rican Costume4. Dress and Dance in Puerto Rico5. The Santiago Apóstol Festival in Loíza6. King Herod’s Masked Soldiers: The Festival de Máscaras de HatilloPart 3: Puerto Rican Fashion7. Notes on the History of the Fashion Industry in Puerto Rico8. From Traditions to Fantasy: The National Costume for Puerto Rican Miss Universe Contestants9. Lost in Design: The Absence (Mostly) of Cultural Heritage in Puerto Rican Fashion DesignEpilogueBibliographyIndex

José Blanco F. is Associate Professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, USA. He is the editor of The Meanings of Dress, 5th edition, and has contributed chapters in edited volumes including The Fashion Reader, The Handbook of Masculinity Studies, The Fashion Business Reader, and Transglobal Fashion Narratives. He has published essays in journals including Fashion Theory, Fashion, Style and Popular Culture, Critical Studies in Men’s Fashion, Dress, and The Journal of Popular Culture.Raúl J. Vázquez-López is an independent researcher. He has published extensively on Puerto Rican dress, costume, and fashion and presented on the topic internationally.

Overall, Blanco and Vazquez-Lopez deliver a groundbreaking investigation of the interconnectedness of Puerto Rican dress and national identity across intertwined trajectories of conquest, migration, and cultural resilience. Dress, Fashion, and National Identity in Puerto Rico both enriches and expands global fashion scholarship while offering remarkable insights into the field.

• IntroductionPart 1: Puerto Rican Dress1. Taíno Nation: Recovering Native Identities via Dress2. Dressing the Jíbaros: Puerto Rican Peasants’ Clothing through Time and Space3. Palante: The Young Lords Fashioning ResistancePart 2: Puerto Rican Costume4. Dress and Dance in Puerto Rico5. The Santiago Apóstol Festival in Loíza6. King Herod’s Masked Soldiers: The Festival de Máscaras de HatilloPart 3: Puerto Rican Fashion7. Notes on the History of the Fashion Industry in Puerto Rico8. From Traditions to Fantasy: The National Costume for Puerto Rican Miss Universe Contestants9. Lost in Design: The Absence (Mostly) of Cultural Heritage in Puerto Rican Fashion DesignEpilogueBibliographyIndex