North America

Antigua and Barbuda

Antigua And Barbuda National Dress | Plaid in red, navy blue, white, black and yellow with white apron
Bahamas

Barbados

Barbadians wear modern Western-style clothing. Colorful, inventive costumes can be seen at
festivals, especially the Crop Over celebration. Members of the Apostolic Spiritual Baptist
Church are known for their turbans and their colorful gowns.
Belize

natives make a square piece of cloth into a blouse, which is called a huipil. Men wear a less
decorated huipil with a blue or red sash, but women often embroider them elaborately.

Canada
hat's why people wear parkas, long john's (an undergarment, basically long underwear), ear
muffs, scarves, gloves, mittens, tuques (woolen caps), various jackets made of linen and
leather, leggings, ojibwa shirts, trousers, and moccasins. These are unisex clothes, good for
both men and women.
Costa Rica
Like most countries, Costa Rica has their own traditional clothing. These traditional
garments are worn on holidays and special occasions. During other times, Ticos wear
normal western clothing like shorts and t-shirts.

Cuba

Men's traditional Cuban dress style is casual. The most well-known piece of clothing is
the Guayabera, or Guayavera, shirt. The authentic Guayabera is commonly recognized as the
Mexican Wedding Shirt. Nonetheless, Cuba has made theGuayabera their honorary, traditional
piece of clothing.
Dominica

The National wear of Dominica. The Wob Dwiyet dress (creole, from the French 'robe
douiette') is part of Dominica's national costume,and is a national symbol of Dominica. It gives
rise to the annual Miss Wob Dwiyet competition which is part of our Independence celebrations
.

Dominican republic

When Christopher Columbus came over to the Dominican Republic he brought some Spanish influence
to the traditional clothing worn today such as bright colors like yellow, red, orange. Most of the time
they wear summer time clothing like t-shirts, sandals, tennis shoes, flip flops, sweaters, light jackets and
blouses.

El Salvador

In El Salvador, there are different costumes used mostly in religious or other festivals, although in some
of the older towns, they are still worn regularly. In female clothing, it is common to see elements like a
scapular, ashawl, and a cotton headscarf with different coloured adornments.

Grenada
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The Mayan Experience: Guatemalan Maya Textiles andHuipiles. For Mayan women from the
highlands of Guatemala, the Traje (traditional dress) is a statement of her cultural and personal
identity.

Haiti
Haiti. In Haiti, the quadrille dress is called a karabeladress. Traditional male attire for dances,
weddings, and other formal wear is the linen shirt jacket.
Honduras

CLOTHING: The traditional clothing that is worn in Honduras is mainly used in festivals and
certain celebrations. The women wear long dress which are handmade with different colors. The
men usually wear all white clothing, a white button shirt, white pants but also wear a red scarf
and a sombrero.

Jamaica

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The skirt is worn with a ruffled sleeve blouse and a matching head tie. The traditional dress is
made out of red and white cotton plaid, maroon and white plaid, or madras. The plaid material
is calledbandana fabric. Men wear a shirt made out of the same fabric and white pants during
quadrille and folk dances.
Mexico

The most popular and well-known women's pieces of clothing in Mexico are huipil,
quechqumitl, rebozo, Mexican skirts (they have various names in different regions enredo,
chincuete, posahuanco, refajo, enagua). Huipil is a sleeveless tunic, made from cotton or wool.
It is worn with a skirt.

Nicaragua

Traditional Nicaraguan clothing includes a simple loose white shirt and long pants for men, with
or without embroidery, a straw hat, and bandanna. Women wore embroidered dresses with
full skirts, and some kind of kerchief or adornment for their hair.
Saint Kitts and Nevis

The design is similar to traditional shirts worn by Africans. The beige ... St. Kitts and Nevis'
OfficialNational Wear reflects the true "Caribbeaness" of its people.

Saint Lucia

The Madras is a traditional Saint Lucian costume comprising five pieces. Also known as
the national dress, it is worn by women and girls and is almost identical to the traditional
costumes worn in other Caribbean countries, which were colonised by the French.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Trinidad and Tobago

Most Trinidadians wear modern Western-style clothing. The Caribbean "shirt jac," a
belted jacket worn with a scarf and no shirt, is popular among men in Port of Spain.
Traditional clothingincluding men's turbans and women's sarisis worn by some
members of the country's Asian Indian population.
Every year special clubs spend months preparing extravagant costumes for Trinidad
and Tobago's famous Carnival celebration. The brightly colored outfits may be made of
either cotton or such dressy fabrics as velvet, satin, and lam. They are often decorated
with beads, feathers, sequins, shells, leaves, and straw.
United States of America (USA)

Anguilla (UK)
Aruba (Netherlands)

Puerto Rico

Historically, Puerto Rican dress has changed with each wave of new inhabitants. The
indigenous Taino people had very little clothing, with the men, children and teens wearing
nothing at all. Only married women wore garments, simple cotton skirts called naguas.