CHILDREN AT PLAY...I DESIGN FOR AND DRESS UP KIDDIES TOO

Tshimologo is such a wonder infront of a camera and away fro it because she is such a joy-filled, playful, adrable and talkative little girl. Whe I made this outfit for her I already had met her before and knew what kind of a dress she would enjoy.

Because her mom, Kentse Madikgetla personally loves clothes I knew her daughter will not be much different. I made her a Xitsonga-inspired tutu dress. Her outfit is rather a four in one outfit. You know how children can get when they play. They will make you wish you packed in extra clothes to change when they soil themselves so this outfit solves that drama.

As you can see the above pictures the outfit is a tutu dresss with a touch of Xitsonga on the top and when you peep through the tutu you can see the full Xitsonga dress. On the picture below she is wearing a top and a skirt.

Below here on the following picture she is wearing the outfit as a 3-piece suit with the top, overskirt to make top longer and shorts.

She can also wear just the top and pants as below. This actually makes this outfit a 5-in-one rather than just 4-in-one.

If you want to make it a typical girly-dress that is not a culturally-inspired outfit you can mix match the tutu skirt with another plain top as below.

Tshimologo is such a princess as you can see

A Beautiful Princess

It was such pleasure taking Tshimo's pics. She is such a natural

SHANGAAN SHOW OFF

If you were to ask any black South African person, "What is the most colourful cultural wear?" they will tell you Shangaan which is also called Tsonga/Tshitsonga. They not only have colour but their fabric also has floral motifs.

Okay I need to make a correction on  the words I used above thanks to a friend who read my blog, Mkateko Baloyi. She said: " I wanted to correct you on the Tshitsonga spelling, it is actually Xitsonga u are probably mistaking it with Tshivenda. En when we are dressed we say we are wearing Xitsonga not shangaan en when we do use the word we say Xishangani mara there is a certain way of saying it. "

So let me rewrite my opening paragraph:

" If you were to ask any black South African person, "What is the most colourful cultural wear?" they will tell you Xishangani which is actually called Xitsonga. They not only have colour but their fabric also has floral motifs." The title "Shangaan Show Off was written just for the ring and emphasis through aliteration of "Sh". No offence intended.

Aplogies to all my Tsonga brothers and Tsonga sisters for misusing and msipelling your cutuaral words. We learn everyday right?

I am not inteding to blog about cultural wear which is what I bog about on www.faithspeaksfashion.blpgspot.com, I wanted to share on this beautiful Shangaan inspired outfit I made for Kentse Madikgetla and a matching outfit for her daughter.

Kentse is not a Tsonga woman but wanted to wear a Tsonga-inspired outfit to honour the Tsonga wedding she was going to attend.