User:CarmelBL/Culture of Haiti

Fashion
In Haiti, there is a variety of fashion ranging from the more traditional attire to the day to day clothing. The traditional female attire consist of Quadrille or Karabela dress.The dresses are made of sturdy material and mainly come in the the colors blue and red. "This dress is almost always made of an off-the-shoulder top or bodice with a full, matching skirt.....embellished with additional ruffles, lace, or ric rac to add color and visual interest." An accessory that is worn more in the rural areas, but for both the traditional since and day to day is a head scarf or turban. The traditional male attire consist of a wedding shirt(guayabera) made of lightweight fabrics and are worn untucked with a jacket of any color on top. The day to day clothes for males and females are similar most Haitians wear second hand clothes that are known as "pepe." In the 1960s is when the practice of sending and receiving pepe began. Today you can find Pepe being sold by street vendors at a price that is affordable for Haitian citizens. The people of Haiti have also been know to sew there own clothing and shoes.