In the indigenous cultures where the poncho and other textile weaves were staples of costume, what one wore was not only a decorative choice but could also be an indicator of status, origins, and familial association. Woven textiles from the indigenous groups of Central and South America would be patterned with layers of meaning so that bands of colors, and the grouping of these, as well as arrangement of design, served as social indicators.
The poncho form can be associated with similar forms of clothing in fashion history, such as the cloak or cape, so popular in the Victorian age and again in the mid-20th century, along with the aristocratic stole, and the Kashmir pashmina shawl that has had the more recent period of popularity in the West. Fashion in the west has, of course, absorbed and re-absorbed all these styles by virtue of its trend-oriented culture and continues to do so with some adjustments of detail and specific attention to brands. It is the curiosity of contemporary fashion that it is able to habitually ‘discover’ fashions that have been in existence and continued usage in other cultures for thousands of years.
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