Nigerian Women and Dubai Religious Dresses

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Mercy Aigbe, famous Yoruba actress.
It's a multi-billion dollar business. Dubai merchants tweak clothes won by Muslim women, 
to accommodate Nigerian women's unique body shape.

African women have a unique body shape which survived enslavement in America. Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), understands that and makes clothes to accommodate it.

Ask Nigerians about Dubai. They’ll extol business opportunities and entertainment facilities, despite the fact that Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates are worlds part because of religion. Northern Nigeria is mostly Muslim, but the rest of the country is ancestor-based religion and Christianity that came with God Save the Queen.

 Dubai cloth merchants observed certain things about Nigerian women.

- Tradition demands that married women cover their bodies, hide upper and lower areas.

- Nigerian women have a certain body structure that is not like British and American models. It becomes even more pronounced after marriage.

- Nigerian women love western fashion trends despite their unique body shape.

- Nigerian women love colour, unless they are from the north of the country where religion demands black, gray and other tame colours.

Dubai’s roaring textile trade with Nigeria is based on understanding the above. They make all clothes roomy, to accommodate the unique African shape. They give kaftan dresses gold or pink borders.

They make long sleeveless tops to cover black leggings Nigerians women love to wear, like the rest of the world. Dubai makes green and other colourful kaftan dresses.

In other words, Dubai merchants tweak Muslim dresses to suit Nigerian women’s geography.

Nonqaba waka Msimang

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