Seasons are there for a reason, and if you read the bible, the preacher clearly states that there is a time for everything. The seasons; autumn, spring, winter and summer though not utterly distinctive in sub-Saharan Africa are some of the times to move with.
The cold and the hot weather alternate notably and so should the clothes that people wear.
A friend of mine was once lamenting after seeing a lady in really tiny clothes very early in the morning and to worsen the matter it was not a normal morning but a chilly one! Holding onto herself, it was evident that the cold was really 'eating' her up but this notwithstanding she headed for her day's activitity; class. You can never concentrate in class when the prevailing condition is not favourable; this fact is not necessarilly climatic conditions only.
The kind of dressing also depends on the geographical location; Nyeri, Eldoret, Machakos, Kisumu, just to mention a few are all towns in one country;Kenya but the geographical orientation is quite different. Consequentially, the prevailing weather conditions are varied.
Yvonne, a pal, travelled to Kakamega from Nairobi in the month of June during which Nairobi was comfortably warm, only to find a cold 'Kach' as Kakamega is beautifully referred to as. The journey involved traversing a pretty cold Eldoret. A frequent traveller, as I am aspiring to be, should be well conversant with such differences between geographical divides.
For light clothing; the warm and hot weather is usually long, and they should be a preserve of such.
It also involves an aspect of caring for one's health when the right clothes are worn during the right climatic conditions.
Too heavy clothes during hot weather are not comfortable at all, in addition to preventing a person from working/moving around freely.
Ladies are more often accused of missing the point in dressing as compared to men and this one I overheard; 'some are either overdressed or underdressed'.
Just like every comment should be used at the right moment, every piece of clothe should be placed on at the time it is really needed; office wear to where it is required, casual wear where the situation allows, recreational wear when its time and bed time attire as is.
Doing the contary would be tantamount to ashaming Clothes designers who have reasons for coming up with the cuts they give each clothe. Let us take care of our health and general well being by obeying the weather.
Don't freeze when you can be comfortable in available and easily accessible warm clothes neither melt in huge/heavy unnecessary clothes when you can move around freely in climatically befitting light clothes.
The cold season is here with us, have it smooth!
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