Category: Fashion

If you never wore a kamisi, then you might struggle reading this story but all the same it will be interesting.

Back in the day, women used to wear a kamisi/peticoat under their dresses or skirts. However as years rolled by, the clothing item was done away with as dresses now began to be made with inner clothing. It is extremely difficult to find kamisi’s being sold and the joke being told is that women of Kenya ‘wameangusha biashara ya kamisi’.

And this was something that Mwalimu King’ang’i brought up as he made insane jokes about how women favored a kamisi and how men now miss seeing it. He said the next item that will end is the baika ‘biker’. Do you agree?

He told Maina that

“Mko karibu kuangusha kampuni ya baika vile mliangusha kampuni ya kamisi. That kamisi or peticoat disapeared and now I think the baika is next. Why did they stop wearing? Aki mancheza, you are joking with women, they can close any job “

Listeners chimed in recalling the days when it was a favorite thing to wear.

@purity_ng
#MainaAndKingangi mimi sitawai sahao life ya kamisi…khai back in primary school

@gotieno52
#MainaAndKingangi During our old days kamisi was the best as you had not to struggle too much when on duty… Yaani the nostalgia was wow

@EveKoi2
kamisi bado zipo lakini mtush… very fancy by the way not the ones that used to have laces longer than the dress

@ItsKipleting
Evolution started with Kamisi, to Biker and now it will in naked

@ThigaTabitha
kamisi
…Am here listening cz that thing has never touched my waist.

@ItsMwangiKelvyn
In kamisi,ladies couldn’t expose their thighs. That’s why no wearing of kamisi.

@Lucypau43921191
#MainaAndKingangi maina nowadays we don’t wear see me through dresses that why we don’t need kamisi any more ,ata bikers are soon following suit

@kimsyrose
@ItsMainaKageni
some things are just like waves,wave ya kamisi ilikuja na ikapita,ya biker ndiyo hiyo inapita.We don’t know what will be the next wave

@ItsKipleting
Kamisi Was a form of Inner Wear
Basically were of two types @MwalimChurchill

Long Kamisi worn during night acted as NIGHT DRESS.
Second type was a short kamisi worn to prevent showing of thighs

@pingache
Mother’s choice wives are too square. Hao ndio bado wanavaa kamisi in 2020
@realSheriff254 What was the purpose of Kamisi

@purity_ng
#MainaAndKingangi aki those things used to be irritating and we had to wear them because our primary dresses were very light you could see our body through…what sacked most is been bought a longer kamisi than your school dress

@KristophMutua
Kuvaa kamisi is the same as kuvaa kofia juu ya Helmet

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