What a rebozo is
A rebozo is a long, rectangular Mexican shawl. Women wear it, carry babies and bundles in it, and Mexican parteras use it in pregnancy, labor, and the days after birth. Ours are 100% cotton, woven on a foot-pedal loom — working cloth, not a display piece. The full definition — authenticity test, history, lengths — is what is a rebozo.
The rebozo itself is not a pre-Hispanic garment. It is a colonial-era cloth: a fusion of Indigenous wraps (the ayate, the tilma, the mamatl), the Spanish mantilla, and later Asian influence on the fringe. The first written mention is from 1572. Wikipedia has that history; we do not fight it. What Wikipedia cannot tell you is which length a doula should put in her bag.
That is the job of this school.
Who we are
Lola My Love is a Mexican-American family business. I am Denisse Fax. We work with artisans in Mexico who weave on a foot-pedal loom. I will not invent weaver names or towns to sound more “authentic.” When we can name people and places with their permission, we will.
We sell four lengths, about $29, $42, $48, and $70. Sling rings are sold separately. We do not sell acrylic. If a listing on Amazon is a $17 “doula shawl,” look at the fiber. That is the foil, not the cousin.
The shop is lolamylove.com. Availability lives there. This site does not promise stock.