KAUNDA SUIT DRESS RTS13-1 Size:S PRINTED SECOND-HAND T-SHIRTS SOLD IN

PRINTED SECOND-HAND T-SHIRTS SOLD IN UGANDA ARE CULTURALLY AND CONTEXTUALLY OUT OF PLACE

KAMPALA MATERIAL 85% COTTON 15% POLYESTER

RAW HEM AND EMBELLISHED WITH TRADITIONAL HAND EMBROIDERY BY THE MILAYA PROJECT

SECOND-HAND JERSEYS FROM WEST HAWN SOCCER CLUB AND SAMKTN CLUB ARE FLIPPED

CHEST WIDTH: 50 CM

KAUNDA SUIT DRESS RTS13-1 Size:S PRINTED SECOND-HAND T-SHIRTS SOLD INMENSWEAR SUIT JACKET TRANSFORMED INTO A TROPICAL KAUNDA DRESS. FEATURING CROPPED SLEEVES, PATCH POCKETS, AND A RAW CUT HEM. BETWEEN 1960S AND 1970S, AFRICAN NATIONS WERE GAINING INDEPENDENCE AND REIMAGINING WHAT IT MEANT TO DRESS. THE KAUNDA SUIT IS NAMED AFTER KENNETH KAUNDA, ZAMBIA'S FOUNDING PRESIDENT IN 1964. IT BECAME A SYMBOL OF POST INDEPENDENCE PROMISE, A REJECTION OF THE COLONIAL THREE PIECE SUIT IN FAVOUR OF SOMETHING MORE TROPICAL AND MORE