Woman's traje of Colotenango is notable in that all of its' major elements: huipil, corte, faja and moral (bag) are woven on the backstrap loom. The huipil is short, relatively wide and is worn hanging loose outside the corte. The brocade often includes small, multi-colored diamonds or squares woven in a soumak technique over a red and white warp-striped base cloth and often extends lower in the central panel than across the shoulders. The daily use huipil is woven in three panels or in two panels that often simulate the brocade distribution of the three lienzo huipil. The fiesta or ceremonial huipil is also made of three lienzos (panels) and is similar in appearance to the daily huipil, only wider. Neck openings are cutout square and finished with a buttonhole stitch.

The corte of Colotenango is backstrap woven in two red panels with supplemental orange, maroon, and black or indigo warp stripes brocaded with widely spaced geometric and floral figures executed in a soumak technique. Of the few skirts that are backstrap woven in Guatemala, those of Colotenango are the most elaborate.

Both ends of the faja are brocaded with designs similar to those of the huipil and are finished with knot-work and pompoms. It is worn tied in the back with the ends hanging loosely.

The various styles of hair cintas are usually produced in the nearby towns of San Sebastian Huehuetenango and San Ildefonso Ixtahuacán, and are woven on small foot-pedal operated table looms.

Women carry a unique moral (shoulder bag) that is backstrap woven with techniques, motifs and colors similar to the other components of the complete traje.

Men still use a few elements of their traditional traje. The men's sash is similar to the women's, although worn in a different manner, with the loose ends either hanging in front or wrapped around and tucked in the back. The preferred shoulder bag is crocheted in Concepción Tutuapa of natural colored maguey string with brown stripes. Their backstrap woven tzute is predominantly red with yellow or orange warp stripes and sometimes features small geometric or floral motifs executed in the soumak technique. At times it is worn over the shoulders, rolled around the neck like a scarf, or tied over one shoulder bandolier style.