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Redefining Fashion & Architecture in Bolivia: Cholitas y Cholets

Meet the architect transforming Bolivia's urban landscape with brightly colored, geometric buildings and the "cholitas" bringing indigenous clothing to the forefront of the fashion scene.

Across all facets of Bolivian culture, the rich colors and traditions of the country's history are making a comeback—from the renegade architect transforming the urban landscape of El Alto with a new style of brightly colored, geometric buildings, to the "cholitas" bringing vibrant, indigenous clothing to the forefront of La Paz's fashion scene.