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Hi all!! I hope you had a good weekend and are rejuvenated for the week.
When I started this blog, I wanted to help Kenyan and African women learn how to dress very well, for their shape and situation in life. In my ramblings with a few friends and acquaintances, I've heard a good number of complaints, observations and reactions on fashion in Kenya. Many of these comments come from guys and they seem concerned that Kenyan ladies dress more and more skimpily everyday.
I always thought that men preferred skimpy, maybe this is the same mentality some ladies have. But even young men whom I spoke to said that even though you look sexy in your low cut top, you wouldn't be the kind of girl he would take home to meet his parents.
Ok, so I moved on and asked a few others what they thought about this and they said that Kenyan ladies seem to forget that they are Kenyan/African, and what is acceptable in one culture might not be acceptable in another. For instance, short skirts or very short shorts are more acceptable in the Western culture than in African culture.
So I moved on and asked a few women their take on this. They said that the mistake many of us make is that we see Hollywood stars wearing something and because they look good, we "copy paste" the look without considering many things. These include body shape, size, culture and occasion. Whereas what we see is either in a programme, movie or music video on telly, we want to wear the same thing in real life. We forget that this is mostly a marketing gimic and most of those actresses don't dress like that in real life.
Also methinks, there's some sort of mystery that should be associated with a woman. Why would you want to take it away? I believe a man shouldn't know everything about you otherwise he gets bored and moves to something more exciting.
What's your take on this situation in Kenya? Leave your thoughts in the comments below.