Europeana Fashion — National Museum of World Cultures Foundation
Huipil
1953
Short huipil, made from a single piece of factory cotton - woven on a step loom - folded in half, the sides sewn up to the armholes. The opening for the head has been cut out. Embroidery on the sewing machine: around the armholes and neckline, at the front and back two yellow strips with red wavy lines, so that it seems that the garment consists of three parts. The design is taken from the Juchitan-Tehuantepec region (Zapotecs of the Isthmus).
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