KAUNDA CROPPED SUIT JACKET RTS13-1 Dresses & Skirts WHILE THE MATERIALS ARE UNIQUE

WHILE THE MATERIALS ARE UNIQUE WITH COLOUR TONES VARYING SLIGHTLY

SHOULDER WIDTH: 56 CM

SHOULDER LENGTH: 47 CM

CHEST WIDTH: 51 CM

THEY ARE TRADITIONALLY USED AS DOWRIES AND DECOR

KAUNDA CROPPED SUIT JACKET RTS13-1 Dresses & Skirts WHILE THE MATERIALS ARE UNIQUEMENSWEAR SUIT JACKET TRANSFORMED INTO A TROPICAL KAUNDA JACKET, CROPPED BELOW THE WAIST. FEATURING PATCH POCKETS AND A RAW CUT HEM. . BETWEEN THE 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