small tins story

small tins

i love wax. i use my fabrics almost everyday; as scarfs, cover, towel, even as a bag....

the designing of the small tins collection 2020, I already had a few good girl dresses (the wrapperskirts almost touched my knees! lol).

with the small tins collection i wanted to inspire to change the narrative of how wax is usually worn. they’re used for church dresses and birthdays, family gatherings and funerals, namining ceremonies and good friday wear as Ghanaian patriotism.

i was missing the little sexy and fine small tins to go out with, to rock outside of church and weddings. i imagined frisky small tins in the club, in the bar, a friday summer night on your girls balcony, sipping tea and looking at the stars.

small tins are a celebration of whatever i want to do.

sometimes i think twice before wearing my frisky small tins. who will i meet? will someone feel provocated because of the way i dress? and then i remind myself: i am here, i am free, i am frisky and i’m me.

to put it into a pictures: on sundays i went to church with my colourfully dressed grandmother. after church grandma changes into some jeans and a t-shirt and takes me home to my mother. we stand there admiring my beautiful mother clean her house, jamming to her favorite music in sexy unicolor outfits. grandma sucking her teeth, shaking her head and trying to cover up her beautiful laugh. it’s time to unite. it’s time to be frisky. i dress differently from to how my Ghanaian Greatgrandmother and Grandmother (used to) dress. they are part of me.

my understanding of fulfilled existing is showing up for oneself and sometimes appearance and presence are loud enough.