Belt Sizes
Sizing Note: For the most accurate fit, measure around your body where you plan to wear the belt. Choose the closest belt size to that measurement.
Measurements start from the beginning of the leather to the middle hole.
Belt Measuring Guide
A - High-rise style:
If you plan to wear your belt around your natural waistline,
wrap a measuring tape around the narrowest part of your
midsection. Then, add 3” to determine your high-rise belt size.
B - Mid-rise style:
If you plan to wear your belt lower than your natural waistline,
you will require a dierent size. If you have a particular pair of
bottoms you intend to wear your belt with, wrap a measuring
tape through the belt loops while in a relaxed position.
When wearing your belt in your preferred style, it should fasten in the middle hole. The
belt will relax with wear allowing you to cinch it tighter, as needed.
If you plan to wear the belt in both the high and mid-rise styles, you have two options:
- Select your high-rise style and fasten it more loosely when worn in the mid-rise style.
- Select your mid-rise style and fasten it more tightly when worn in the high-rise style.
When we arrived in San Miguel de Allende, evidence of festival preparations were everywhere. Roadside stands sold cempasuchil flowers (marigolds). These bright, earthy coloured flowers are displayed everywhere to help guide spirits back to the earth. Everywhere beautiful and scary skulls were displayed to represent the afterlife (the prominence of skulls goes way back to the days of the Aztecs. Skulls symbolize death and rebirth). We watched Catrinas dance in the streets. We ate pan de muertos (bread of the dead). We ate Mexican food. We went to Day of the Dead party in a mansion. We drank of rooftops with skull lights dancing in the sky. We listened to jazz in a small, crowded room full of people with their faces painted like skeletons. We drank tequila and took photos with strangers.
Our only regret: Not having our own faces painted and disappearing into the loud, fun chaos of the Dia de Muertos.
Alters/Offerings
Throughout the city, private alters called ofrendas honor the deceased. The ofrendas are beautiful offerings of cempasuchil flowers (marigolds), possessions, favourite foods and beverages of the departed returning for a visit. Families also go to the cemetery to decorate the graves and tombs of their relatives.
Skeleton Women
La Catrina are Mexico’s grande dame of death. La Catrina are tall, elegantly attired female skeletons sporting extravaganlty plumed hats. Originally "Catrina" referred to rich people, but now serves as a symbol that death brings a neutralizing force; everyone is equal in the end.
