clothing

We’ve had the plan for a while now to get suits (skirts and tops) made of the African material called chitengi in Chichewa. Of course actually following through has taken a while but for the last 2 weeks we’ve taken our chosen fabrics down to the market to leave them with the tailor that has been recommended by many. But his door has always been closed…when we finally asked someone about it they said he was at home. Will he be back tomorrow or another day. He was here last week. (that didn’t give us any helpful information) so we decided to find another tailor. We’ve been getting bags from Franco but we’re not so sure about the clothing and it wouldn’t be bad to give someone else some business. we noticed a new tailor at a relatively new store and so decided to give it a try.

On the porch of the building they have set up outside (better light and cooler with a breeze). On the wall behind him are some samples of what he has made and also a poster with about 25 styles of suits. So we stand in front of that and try to pick…of course we want to mix and match bottoms and tops and still aren’t sure if what we’ve picked is going to look good or silly or fit right or ….but now we’ve ordered and we’ll have to see what happens. He measured us…4 or 5 measurements written after each person (not each measurement) and then we were dismissed to return on Tuesday for the finished product.