Your not the only one. As a child of the Texas, I've only known it as a Serape. My only connection to the correct answer is the awful Mexican restaurant chain where you raise the flag.
I grew up in Austin and there used to be one of those restaurants in my neighborhood! I loved raising the flag as a kid! Also, the restaurant is called Pancho's, like Pancho Villa.
"The term sarape is for the rectangular woven blanket (no openings), though in more recent years it can also be used to refer to a very soft rectangular blanket with an opening in the middle for one's head, similar to a poncho called gabán, or jorongo in Mexico. Modern variations of some serapes are made with matching hoods for head covering. The length varies, but front and back normally reach knee height on an average person."
Oh dear, I am a professional costumer for theatre companies and I found the bodice answer really difficult! So did others it seems. A bodice is usually just a term for any period women's top part of a dress. That one looks is from a dirndl so it took me ages to get it. I was trying all sort of period and german names first like stomacher, bluse, tracht. Maybe change it to dirndl?
I was searching the corners of my mind for something German or Austrian and then thought that maybe I was overthinking the answer - a common fault of mine - and just tried bodice and was surprised when it actually worked. It's been a long time since I studied fashion history, but isn't dirndl also a type of skirt?
Hate to be picky but . . . . Anorak should work. Parka is a more generic term. Anoraks are made of fur and are pullovers rather than buttoned, just like the one in the picture. Also, that trench coat is not a classic trench coat--it lacks the belt and straps. It is more of an overcoat or raincoat.
Agreed, anorak should be accepted. Also, I would like to see 'headscarf' accepted for hejab -- hejab can just refer to any modest dress for men/women, but headscarves are what the people in the photo are actually wearing.
Got "bolo" thanks to my brother who thinks he's a cowboy. And got "pince-nez" thanks to one of my favorite Sherlock Holmes stories, "The Golden Pince-Nez"!
Took a while to remember "trench" coat. Tried "rain", "mac", "MacIntosh", etc. first.
That is not a trench coat. it's just a raincoat. Trench coats typically have wide lapels, belts, epaulettes and cuff fasteners and a big overlap at the front. You'd be a sorry soldier if the article in the picture was your only coat.
"The term sarape is for the rectangular woven blanket (no openings), though in more recent years it can also be used to refer to a very soft rectangular blanket with an opening in the middle for one's head, similar to a poncho called gabán, or jorongo in Mexico. Modern variations of some serapes are made with matching hoods for head covering. The length varies, but front and back normally reach knee height on an average person."
source: six years living in Saudi Arabia
Took a while to remember "trench" coat. Tried "rain", "mac", "MacIntosh", etc. first.