Illustration of serape
variants
or less commonly sarape
: a colorful woolen shawl worn over the shoulders especially by Mexican men
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Another fun option is these glasses on sale now for $22.98 at Oriental Trading, featuring a colorful serape design.
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Big Bend Holiday Hotel Big Bend Holiday Hotel has restored all its rooms with rustic flair, complete with serape curtains and custom tile work.
—Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 15 Feb. 2025
In 2019, she was arrested again after jumping over the wall of California Governor Gavin Newsom’s mansion while wearing a serape and sombrero.
—Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 7 Apr. 2023
In 2018, Valero worked with the Tamayo brothers, of one of the last remaining serape-weaving families, to create Bouquets, a series of 12 collagelike rugs that pushed formal boundaries with semicircles and ellipses that overspilled the rectangular perimeter’s edges.
—New York Times, 11 Feb. 2021
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Nora Colomer
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 1 May 2024
Big Bend Holiday Hotel Big Bend Holiday Hotel has restored all its rooms with rustic flair, complete with serape curtains and custom tile work.
—Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 15 Feb. 2025
In 2019, she was arrested again after jumping over the wall of California Governor Gavin Newsom’s mansion while wearing a serape and sombrero.
—Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 7 Apr. 2023
In 2018, Valero worked with the Tamayo brothers, of one of the last remaining serape-weaving families, to create Bouquets, a series of 12 collagelike rugs that pushed formal boundaries with semicircles and ellipses that overspilled the rectangular perimeter’s edges.
—New York Times, 11 Feb. 2021
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“Serape.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/serape. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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