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While Lala struggles to balance her real life with her immigrant family,

a revealing secret pushes her and her mother to discover they are more alike than they know.

Now playing. is a production of maximum fund.org and is distributed by NPR. It's bullseye, I'm Jesse Forne. Do you know what a Hui Peel is?

It's Bullseye, is?

Do you know what a Hui Peel is? You've probably seen one at some point.

They're ubiquitous in a lot of Mexico in Central America. Here in LA you see them on the street all the time.

It's a sort of blouse, sometimes longer like a dress.

If you imagine it flat on a table, it is long and rectangular, with a hole in the middle.

The hole is for the head, the sides flap down on your front and back.

Sometimes they're closed below the arms.

Simple, clean, and square.

Or a riboso.

Have you ever heard of a robozo?

It's one long length of fabric.

You can wrap it around your body, wear it almost like a shawl,

or you can even carry a baby with it. In fact, someone just carried a baby in one past my office window.

These are clothing forms that are native to Latin America, and they're often central to identity. Intensely regionally specific, generations

of weavers in one small town making one very specific style. If you have the eye you can spot someone from Chichikastanango in Guatemala or

Ojitlan in Wahaka. My guest Carla Fernandez grew up surrounded by these forms. She's a fashion designer. She lives in Mexico City where people

from all over Latin America come together. I was in Mexico City a few months ago with my mom,

who coincidentally used to be a conservator of Latin American textiles.

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