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Tapada Limeña

Lima, Peru

Tapada Limeña

Tapada limeña (means "Liman [fem.] covered one") was the denomination used at the time of the Viceroyalty of Peru and the first years of the Republic to designate the women in Lima who covered their heads and faces with comfortable silk mantones, revealing just one eye. It was introduced in the 16th

century and continued for three centuries, well into the 19th century. Its use spread from Lima, "City of the Kings", to other important cities in the region. In Lima, the custom remained until well into the Republic, when French fashions relegated it.

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