Day 23: What to wear?

An example of a typical, custom made
top and skirt in traditional print

To be honest, I don't really follow Ghanaian trends in terms of what the most popular style of skirt slit is or who the most prominent designers are in Ghana but I just thought I'd share a few of the fundamentals.

So in Africa, prints are big! Brightly coloured prints are usually worn to church, parties and other happy occasions. Some societies and organisations have custom made prints that are available for all members to buy and have sewn into the style they want e.g. a group of girls at church last week representing St Mary's Secondary School, Accra, all had a matching blue and white cloth, embroidered with their school logo, which each girl had had sewn into a style of her choice.  (I wish I had a few photos to illustrate this- I'll work on it!).

Funeral wear

Similarly, if someone dies, their relatives choose a black and white, black and brown or black and red (depending on the clan/ tribe the individual belonged to) printed cloth for all relatives to buy and have tailored in time for the funeral.













I hope the pictures give you a better idea of what I mean, (I'll add more if I can find a few more examples!), sorry to keep the post short, but I'm a little weary of the electricity at the moment (see day 22...).