MADE SOMETHING FOR A MUZUNGU:

‘Muzungu’ refers to a white person in the native languages of Uganda. I was privileged to work with one and it was a cool experience.
I met her through some Italian festival that happened in kololo.
So she wanted to work with African designers to make her something like a souvenir from Uganda.
She said she didn’t have much time in Uganda 😪, so I had to be quick.
Somehow it was sad knowing someone so amazing in a short while and yet to know that they were leaving the country.

So she wanted to do something like a dress fused with some western and African touch. She suggested something stretching and with something African.
We agreed to meet at some African shop located at centenary park.
This particular shop sells woodin fabric, woodin fabric is Kitengi or African material but it’s made from the best material.
She finally got the material she wanted and she went ahead to ask for an illustration of what I was going to do plus the samples of the other materials I was going to use.
It took me one day to get the material samples and also to get the sketch or illustration done.
For the illustration I used a paper, pencil and some nice water colors.

She loved the illustration of the design I had chosen for her plus the sample materials. I had to go a head and tailor the dress.

This was her on fitting day and she was happy 😊!
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