I want to start off this post by saying that Dominic has finally arrived back home from Newfoundland and after two of the longest months of my life, words cannot even describe how happy I am to have him back. Not to mention, my blog has been a little slow as I have had to find replacement photographers in his absence. So now that he is back, I promise I will get back to some regular outfit posting!!
Purchased in a little Mexican market, this is one of my favorite summer dresses. The Mexican Puebla dress or the peasent dress is traditionally style dress which is attached to a large folkloric story which goes like this:
"In the early 17th century, a girl from China, Mongolia, the Philippines, or India was brought to Puebla, Mexico by the Spaniards as a slave. The unfortunate girl, whose name was Mirrha, was apparently bought by a man named Miguel de Sosa. Sosa had Mirrha baptized and given the Christian, Spanish name Catarina de San Juan. Upon the death of Sosa and his wife, Mirrha married Domingo Suárez. Oddly, Suárez was the Chinese servant of a local priest, and this fact seems to have added to the legend that Mirrha was Chinese, though as I've said, there is belief that she may have come from some other eastern country.
According to the legend of the China Poblana, Mirrha refused to dress like the locals and maintained the dress of her distant homeland. The fashion caught on, and soon native women were copying her distinctive style of dress. This dress consisted of an embroidered, short sleeved blouse, a long, full skirt and shawl. For an image of this costume, see this article on the China Poblana." (Source)
The dress that I am wearing is actually a child's size large. This size is super hard to find but with some good searching/shopping skills it can be sourced out!! So, make sure to pick one up on your next trip down south.
Mexican Boho Dress: Market Purchase
Belt: Vintage
Bracelets: Aldo
Clogs: Sanita
Love,
Karen
