Porfiriato Fashion
Fashion was an exclusive possession of the upper classes of the time.
Foreign fashion influence everyday life in the country and created a French tendency in the customs and dress of the time. In big cities people even modified certain traditions during leisure time. They imitated the European custom of going out for coee and the American one of going shopping at department stores.
Downtown Mexico City was change when restaurants, cafe and department stores were built.
Mexican architecture was also permeated by foreign fashion. Wealthy families built heir houses in French style. Paseo de la Reforma was made to resemble the Champs-Elysees in Paris.