Clothing

Upper class Aztecs wore expensive clothes made from cotten. They were brightly dyed and embroidered with feathers.  

Lower class Aztecs wore simple clothes. It was often made of the fibers of maguey leaves,spun into thread and woven. 

Merchants wore a mix of upper class clothing and lower class clothing.

Military men wore colored and designed clothing to show which group of warriors they belonged to. 

Male slaves wore simple loin cloth. Some tied to their shoulder and waist. 

Women wore long skirts tied at the waist and a sleeveless blouse. 

Children wore clothes similar to their patents.

Priests had a special garment they always wore. It was a sleeveless waistcoat that stopped at the knee. They always had a small backpack that contained tobacco. 

Rulers had the most expensive clothes of all. They wore long and heavy embroidered clothes tied at the front.