Dressing battle

Msawawa

 

                                                 

Casper Nyovest

The teens in Zimbabwe particularly in Bulawayo have been involved in some what battle. This kind of war has to do with dressing or fashion per se. Due to evolving dressing patterns it yet to be seen which one prevails.

Two fronts of dressing have been born. There is traditional Panisular dressing adopted from South Africa usually associated with Kwaito artist like Msawawa, battling with Isibhujwa which has spouted. The later is disregarded by the allies of the former who attribute the dressing culture to homosexuality. The later was adopted from SA as well from artist like Casper Nyovest who has won the hearts of many teens. It is yet to be seen whether the later is to substitute the other justlike what usually happens when it comes to dressing.

Fashion recycling

A look at 1970s kids dressed to impress

 

 

When one take a look at the dressing today,some of the things deemed hot today had been there before. Fashion recycles in a circle. Nothing is introduced as total new thing but an addition of what we have seen before. The same goes with all aspects of fashion

The right to express yourself vs morality in Zimbabwe

some of women wearing miniskirtshttps://www.google.com/search?q=popular+miniskirts

 Women particularly the youth are known admirers of fashion. They like to dress a type of dressing that goes with time. Mini skirts nowadays are part of what women prefer in terms of dressing. Most of the dresses targeted at young girls to day are short. That is what is popular to them nowadays however Zimbabwean women face a difficult in doing so. There is a lot of opposition from the society to an extent that some of the women wearing mini skirts have been victimized by kombi touts who are backed by the society at large. Some have been stripped in front of people particularly at Egodini Bus Terminus. For elderly people this as seen as justice to morality but for the young women it is seen as oppression. That is how fashion has brought about discourse in Zimbabwe as the right to express yourself can be alluded to immorality to some people especially adults.

How celebs influence the choice of hair style in teens

Usher

When we look at fashion, hair cut style is one of them. over the years hairs cuts have revolved in Zimbabwe with one seen as hot today, the same can not be said tomorrow. The teens mostly are confused in this matter because one moment they hate this hair cut style the other moment they like it. An example is the fade hair cut which has became popular around the teens. The main inspiration behind this hairstyle are celebrities like Usher Raymond who had adopted such. Teens has followed suit. This hair cut was condemned few years back and was termed 'bibho' and usually characterized with people in the rural areas but now it has rose to be a popular thing.