Getting rid of the old

Fabric and clothes have been on my mind lately, mostly due to Gazelle Skirt, a fashion blog that some friends up north started. They put out a Outfit of the Day challenge for a week and I thought "why not?" But then I started looking at my clothes and realized that I haven't had a new outfit made in two years!

Having clothes made by a tailor is a normal part of life for me and thousands of other women who live in Africa. For me it's a bit stressful because I'm not the most decisive person in the world. It's hard for me to pick a style sometimes out of the 15 magazines I have to choose from or out of the 15 million (that may be a slight exaggeration) people walking around. Most of the time it's pretty easy for me to find the fabric I want. Actually B would say that most of the time it's hard for me to find fabric I don't want :) He's probably right!

So I bit the proverbial bullet and cleaned out my drawers, throwing giving away two bags full of clothes. American t-shirts mostly and some skirts that I just don't wear or that are kinda worn out. Then I took some fabric to a new tailor and some fabric to my usual tailor to see which one I liked better. My usual tailor is great. He's inexpensive, does a great job on construction, but he's not creative in any way shape or form! So unless I pick out or take him a very specific outfit, he's stuck. But this new tailor I went to had tons of magazines, was invested in helping me find a vision for my outfit and was much more expensive. All in all they both did a great job and I have some new outfits!

Headed to a wedding
 in my new rainbow outfit :)

Off to the village

I also picked up an outfit from a tailor I tried back in October that has been gone since then. Needless to say, I won't be using him again!

Although it took forever, he did
a good job on this
 pink and blue metallic wax print. 

Sometimes it's so refreshing to get rid of the old!!