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My family and I try to stick to our culture as much as we can. There's no specific brand or said corporate that we stick to. To me and everyone around me we value our traditional clothes. Every time we need supplies to make our traditional clothes or want to buy traditional clothes, we tend to always purchase them from relatives or from markets. All the products will be made from overseas. The reason why is because we Hmong don't have a country, we are also known as 'hill people' by many and live in rural town villages. The traditional clothes and accessory we buy are majority hand made from them. The outfits not including the accessories range from 100 to 300 U.S dollars, including accessories would range from 500-700 dollars. A lot of the villagers still lives in wooden or straw houses.

 

Because they are village people, we are always looking to help and support each other, so there's very little hegemony. For example, if an outfit is sold for 300 the seller would profit about 10 to 20 percent and the rest would be sent back to the person who made the outfit. But, there can be sketchy people who would cheat off of those from overseas. News travels fast when something like this happens because we are always in connections with one another. 

(Left: Without accessories Right: with accessories)

       

(Left: without accessories Right: With accessories)

Our Traditional clothes designs are usually made with cross stitching or with folding fabrics. A more modern type usually consist of the embroidery made from machines. 

(Old fashion, more expensive)

(Modern: Cheaper)

Many Hmong people that was born and raised in the U.S had forgotten our traditions and our native tongue. We have been separated by wars and had migrated from places to places. We come together and celebrate Hmong New Year, this celebration happens in many countries other than the U.S. When we come together for the celebration a lot of us would dress in our traditional clothes and bond during those time. We can easily tell where their clothes are made from, just from the design of those attires. I believe that this is also the reason why we are willing to spend the extra money on our traditional clothes because it helps us remember who we are.