- via Fox News Latino
When people think high fashion, Tijuana isn’t a city that comes to mind. For most of its existence, Tijuana has been dismissed as a border town of painted burros, drunken Americans, gun-slinging drug lords and polyester Quinceañera dresses.
Photo by Alan Roman
But in the last few years, some young entrepreneurial Project Runway wannabes are changing all that. The growing movement has bred a new crop of future Mondo Guerras and Jesús Estradas – up-and-coming Latino designers who’ve appeared on Project Runway.
Much has been talked about Tijuana’s burgeoning art scene and its popular new nightlife. Now the violence-scarred city is experiencing a sort of fashion renaissance, with designers flocking to a now hip and trendy Tijuana to try and put the city on the fashion map.
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