The Charros and Maximiliano
The Charros… Of its atuendos and attire… The remarkable historian Luis Perez Verdía in his book “Particular History of Jalisco” (1911) makes reference to the rich mess orderly who: “… he used dress of leather or sort of wool, sleeves or sarape of estambre or Forecastle, that reached the price of one ounce of gold, boots to mount calls of bell with leather fastenings or forts tapes of color and sobrero of wide skirt…” The suit charro has, between its antecedents, the atuendos of the Hispanic riders, who made articles truely extraordinary, specially sumptuous, with adornments of silver and gold. According to some historians, its main origin is in the suit of Salamanca, Spain, to which also “Charro” was called.
Maximiliano of Hapsburg Maximiliano was without a doubt one of the great promoters of the suit of charro. In his trips, the emperor was made accompany by “people by a horse” that Lucia by far pride its indumentaria. Maximiliano preferred chaquetilla cuts without adornments and the trousers fit with silver set of buttons; the hat that era of wing ironed galoneado in silver complemented its attire, as well as toquilla of he himself material. For the patterns, sarapes and jorongos were made, with trousers of slang in black and white. For the laborers, in addition to jackets, calzoneras and trousers of leather, trousers of red and black slang in. The women, were in charge to embroider the shirts of parents, brothers and fiancès. To the hats they were adding themselves to them embroidered different that matched with the rest of the suit: drawings of flowers, eagles, owls or serpents; everything in silver or gold, according to the tastes and the possibilities of the owner.
Maximiliano was without a doubt one of the great promoters of the suit of charro, although to the original one it did some reforms to him that are conserved to date. He preferred chaquetilla cuts without adornments and the trousers fit with silver set of buttons; the hat that era of wing ironed galoneado in silver complemented its attire, as well as toquilla of he himself material. In his trips, the emperor was made accompany by “people by a horse”. All the concurrence Lucia by far pride its indumentaria. Also sarapes and jorongos were made, trousers of slang in black and white for the patterns, as well as red and black for the laborers, in addition to jackets, calzoneras and trousers of leather.
