An exciting thing about being in Nepal is that I get a brand new wardrobe. Unlike in the United States, ready-made clothing stores are not popular here. Instead, you go to a fabric shop and pick out the fabrics you like, then head to the tailor where they will measure you and help you decide on your preferred style of shirts and pants. Women most commonly wear a kurta (also called salwar kameez in India) or a sari. I am told that the present fashionable thing to do is wear a short kurta with jeans instead of with the traditional flowy pants.
With the big festival of Dashain coming up, everybody is making new clothes. I am joining in on this festivity! My friend Bishnu and I picked out two fabrics last week and I received my new shirts yesterday. Pictures are sure to come!
Hope you are all well in the US (or wherever in the world you are), and are enjoying the changing colors of the fall.
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I like the Forrest Gump reference in your title. WHat colors are your fabrics? Can I have something made for me when I visit?
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