Fashion :P

                              

What a person wears is directly related to your social class. However there are some common fashions. All clothing is mostly loose fitting and doesn't cover all of the body. Our clothes are usually made out of cotton or ayate fiber, made from the Maguey Cactus. My mother taught me how to weave the fibers into clothing. Most girls are taught to when they are teenagers. I also know how to dye the cloth to make beautiful colours and patterns. The dyes come from our great trading network.

Women: They wear long skirts and a sleeveless or short sleeved blouse. Sometimes the skirt is tied at the waist. As women move up the social scale, their clothing becomes more decorated and dyed to show status.

Children: Wear what their parents wear.

Men: They wear a loincloth made from a long strip of cloth tied in the front. If a man has a higher social standing it might be embroidered or have fringes. Men also wear a cloak made from a triangular cloth called a tilmatli or tilma. It can be used like an apron to carry things or worn as a cloak. It has to be tied on the right shoulder.

Lower class: They wear simple clothes usually made from maguey leaf fibers which are woven together. These woven pieces are sewn or tied together to make a very soft material. Cotton was reserved for higher classes. Their clothing is not embroidered and they can't wear feathers.

Merchants: We are a little more independent then the lower class. We can wear cotton and decorate our clothing a bit. We can have a little fringe on loincloths or maybe a small amount of embroidery. This makes us superior to the normal peasant.

Upper class: They wear beautiful clothes made of cotton. Their clothing is brightly died and decorated with embroidery and feathers. Gold is often used as well as pendants and furs. They also wear jewlry like necklaces, earrings, and bracelets.

Military: they have clothing based on what military group they belong to, for example- the eagle or the jaguar. The hierarchy is reflected by how decorated your clothing is. War heros are allowed more embroidery and jewels. Their clothing offeres some protection and their head dresses are helmets. Some chiefs wear a layer of gold.
Warriors carry a decorated shield and use bows, spears, and the maquahuitl (a sword and club combination)

                          

Priests: Along with whatever else they are wearing, priests wear a special sleeveless waistcoat that stops at their knees. They always carry an incense burner and have an incense bag on their back (like a backpack) and keep a container holding tobacco. 

Rulers: They wear the most extravagant and beautifully decorated clothing. They wear a long heavily embroidered cotton cloak tied at the front instead of on the right shoulder. Since the cloaks are a sign of status, the ruler must have the most beautiful one.