Ethical Fashion GuatemalaGuatemalan Clothing Designs Huipil Tipico
Guatemalan Clothing Designs Huipil Tipico.
The huipil is a traditional garment worn by Indigenous women from Guatemala. The term Tipico represents typical costume is the clothing that expresses the cultural identity of a village in Guatemala.
Huipiles are hand made tops woman wear in Guatemala representing the village they are from. In Lake Atitlan for example the Huipil worn by women from the villages of San Antonio Palopo will be different in design and color of the hand-made textiles used to produce these Huipil’s then the village of Santa Catarina Palopo.
Guatemalan Clothing Designs Huipil Tipico
Guatemalan Clothing Designs Huipil Tipico
Huipiles are found for sale throughout the Tipico Shops of Weavers along the shores of Lake Atitlan Guatemala. In the Village of Santiago on Lake Atitlan, one can find numerous Tipico shops offering used Huipiles at reasonable prices.
The making of a Tipico Huipil takes a weaver using the Back Strap Loom technique of textile production up to one month to create these amazing pieces of art which they truly are an art form representing Mayan Culture or past and the Indigenous culture of Guatemala today.
A Tipico Huipil will remain in the family for years, they are not handed down to children or sold. The Huipil is by design the representation of that woman’s ability to hand weave this garment from natural cotton, handspun, dyed to match the colors of that village, with complex patterns woven into the textiles for the finished garment.
Guatemalan Clothing Designs Huipil Tipico
Tipico huipiles are found on-line for sale from many merchants. Etsy stores offer perhaps the largest selection of Tipico Huipiles. Most are sold to customers around the world not to be apparel to wear more so as an art form to be framed and placed in rooms of a home.
Ethical Fashion Guatemala Weavers do not produce Tipico Huipil’s for sale online or in the Tipico shops, Ethical Fashion Guatemala represents. The reason is simple the Huipil produced by a family is not a commercial product, the Huipil represents years of history and cultural experience of that village in Guatemala and the family that created the Huipil.
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It is interesting to note that in the photo of the lady weaving, she is wearing what appears to be a machine-made apron.
hardly the case I have taken every photo.
Obviously you are not fmailiar with Mayan Clothing and have nothing better to d then create comments like this.
No, looks like a jaspe pattern. Probably woven on a foot loom.