How to Dress for a Cinco de Mayo Fiesta

Cinco de Mayo is celebrated every year on the 5th of May. It celebrates the overwhelming victory of 4,000 Mexican soldiers over a combined force of 8,000 French and Mexican soldiers in 1862. Fiestas honoring Cinco de Mayo are becoming more popular in many countries outside of Mexico. If you are invited to a Cinco de Mayo fiesta, it is easy to decide how to dress.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Wear a Costume

1. Dress as your favorite Mexican revolutionary. Don a large sombrero, large black moustache, dark shirt with bandoliers and white pants to look like Pancho Villa. Add a rifle and bottle of tequila for authenticity.
2. Wrap yourself in a red scarf to look like Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. Add red flowers to your hair and draw on a dark monobrow. Dark red lips will complete this look.
3. Don a white shirt, black pants and a large sombrero to impersonate a Mexican musician. Fold a striped serape in half, throw it over your shoulder and carry a guitar or an accordion to complete the look.

Wear Mexican Clothing

4. Buy a white blouse that can be worn off your shoulder. Add a brightly colored full skirt that reaches your ankles. Then pull your hair back, tie it with bright ribbons and you're dressed for your Cinco de Mayo fiesta.
5. Pull on loose pants, a white shirt and a colorful serape for a man's Cinco de Mayo costume. Add a sombrero and perhaps a pistol and you are ready to celebrate.
6. Look for a pair of huaraches. These leather sandals are comfortable enough to wear while you dance the night away and still maintain your traditional Mexican fiesta look.