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Crocheting was a new hobby as I recovered from a spinal operation. Now it's a passion that connects me to my ancestors, spirituality & creativity  

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I was introduced to Chicano fashion as a baby cholita/Chicanita growing up in the emerging Low Rider Community in Hayward, California. Our iconic counterculture look featured oversized, sharply creased baggy Ben Davidson pants, khakis, or Levi jeans, white muscle shirts paired with sharply creased Pendleton or Charlie Brown shirts, topped off with matching Converse sneakers or Winos.

 

The Chicano aesthetic thrives in two major cultures: the styling of Hip Hop and Japanese culture. While there are no official statistical reports to support my statement, as a baby cholita, I witnessed our fashion style adopted by HipHop Culture, i.e., oversized clothes, tattoos, and stylized Low Riders.  The aesthetics of Chicano style are rooted in 500 years of resilience and resistance that includes Pacheco Zoot Suits, Lowrider Style, and 1990s Chola fashion.

 

I started Gloryalicious in 2018 as I was healing from a decompression spinal surgery. I received a crochet hook and one skein of acrylic yarn that belonged to my late mother. As I picked my new tools, a powerful healing energy flowed into my hands. With a $50 gift card to Michaels, I embarked on a new journey into a world of skilled designers and crafters of wearable textile art. I became captivated by patterns, colors, designs, and textiles.

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"Gloryalicious Handcrafted Excellence reflects my Chicana-Latina-Indigenous roots as a mixed girl-child born in the United States—at the crossroads of cultural identity."Ni de Aqui Ni de allá meant a life obscured in the Borderland of Northern California."

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Gloryalicious Wearable Textile Arts specializes in sustainable, handcrafted, high-quality, culturally meaningful crochet products made and sold locally, supporting the local economy. I believe my spiritual energy as an initiated Yoruba Priestess/Healer transfers into my beautifully crafted creations. I pour positive energy through intentional use of colors, patterns, images, and numbers that foster strength, creativity, and power gifted by our ancestors and spirits. Gloryalicious HandCrafted Excellence is a modern remix of our treasured iconic images into today's visual language. 

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