Aztec fashion historical

Updated versions of the late classic (c.600-900) Maya clothing studies.

The Maya differ(ed) greatly from most Eurasian cultures in their physical standards of beauty, part of what the Spanish found so unsettling about them. This one is light on philosophy. A (normie) thread : 1/

Studies of Aztec clothing I did for the website mexicolore. Based on various codices, documents and art.

Mayes C.Rubeo designed these amazing costumes. She tried to get as close to the Mayan culture as possible. But in film/theatre design it's not about trying to copy, it's about using the historical fashion and creating something new, which transports the story you want to tell. In this case the story about the decadence of a moribund culture.