What did the Mexicans wear in the early 1800's?

Answer 1

In Mexico clothing has always been determined by wealth; at the beginning of the 19th century, Mexican fashion - like the rest of the world at the time - was marked by the haves and have-nots.

Women of lower classes wore cotton clothes, such as the huipil, a colored, traditional garment, and the rebozo, a cross between a scarf and a shawl. The majority of men had to work on the fields, so the traditional cowhand clothing was very common: it included cotton or leather pants, boots and shirt; the "sombrero" hat was most popular at the time, a trend that persisted until the first half of the 20th century.

At the time, France was deemed as the most cultured country in the world. As such, French fashion had great influence over Mexico; most people of upper classes tended to dress like their counterparts across the Atlantic: women wore outer dresses with laces, shawls and hooded overcoats; men used to wear trousers, overcoats and tall hats.

Answer 2

Sombreros and Ponchos are the most stereotypical yet probably not commonly worn of Mexican clothing.