The traditional dress worn by many women in the Yucatan is an intricately embroidered or cross-stitched (usually by hand) tunic of pur white cotton over a pure white lacy skirt with eyelet and tucks. You never see any of these outfits in anything but spanking white condition. I don't know how they do it! The cross stitch especially is very fine gauge and done in a myriad of colors. Just beautiful. A lot of women in the Yucatan wear them, not just ladies of a certain age! It's kind of cool to see a very made up lady with beauty shop hair and high heels in these dresses.
