Hundreds of women dressed as "Catrina" – Mexico's elegant skeleton lady – participated at an annual parade in Mexico City on Sunday.

Women and girls of all ages wore elegant, colourful dresses complete with elaborate face makeup to resemble "Catrina". They paraded along Reforma Avenue ahead of the famous Day of the Dead celebrations held across the country. Mexican artist Jose Guadalupe Posada created "Catrina" a skeleton lady who dons a large-brimmed hat and Victorian-era gown. The character was meant as a criticism of women who pretended to be of a higher class even if it meant starving, and becoming painfully thin.