 |
| Rumbie Takawira (Photo Credit:Online) |
We have a new Miss
World Zimbabwe. Chiedza Mhosva was crowned queen and walked away with a cool
$20,000 and a car from the glamorous pageant held in the capital last week.
With an entrance charge of $300, the Miss World Zimbabwe pageant is nothing but
glitz and glam. The who’s who of this country attend the pageant and so showing
off A-list threads is a big part of the event. People go out of their way to
slay, you know, show off their financial muscle.
Those who’re not really into
fashion and wouldn’t ordinarily go the extra mile to look good don’t have a
choice. The organisers of this event don’t allow anyone not dressed to meet the
prescribed dress code into the venue. I’d say that’s extra but standards are
standards. They want excellence, we’ve got to oblige. But one of the things
that bothered me about the pageant was the look chosen by the host of the
night, Rumbidzayi “Newsbae” Takawira. She wore a black dress with a fitted
v-neck bodice and a tutu skirt. Rumbie wore her hair down and paired the look
with black heels. She’s beautiful, she has a figure to die for but quite
frankly she looked rather ordinary in that black number.
It didn’t help that
she didn’t have any outfit changes during the four-hour show. It was all the
more terrible that she hosted the event solo. It eventually got boring seeing
her in that black dress. I get what she was trying to do, I really do. Black is
safe. It’s easy to dress and you’d really have to have a terrible sense of
style to mess up a black number. But for Rumbie, who’s largely considered as a
media personality, black was probably not the best pick for her. Especially
considering that she wore a black gown to the National Arts and Merit Awards
earlier in the year.
No, we haven’t forgotten about that. It would seem she’s
not confident enough to try new things, which I doubt very much. With her
stunner looks, she could probably pull off any colour! She’s just too snug in
her comfort zone and that’s not a good thing. Rumbie got me thinking that
there’re quite a lot of us who’re hung up on certain colours. We’ve filled our
wardrobes with clothing items of largely the same colour because they are safe.
How about go out of your comfort zone a little bit because in fashion world,
your comfort zone is not always a safe place to be.
I’m not saying wear a
yellow suit with orange suit like it’s nothing. How about you spice up your
usual blacks with a little colour? Instead of your usual black and white combo,
why not throw in a red or yellow pair of heels. I do this all the time. I don’t
get to wear vibrant colours every other day but I like to throw in a bit of
colour to spice things up a little. Your work set up probably doesn’t allow
freedom with colour but instead of your usual nude lip gloss, why not try a
bright red lipstick.
On your next shopping trip, instead of buying another navy
blue dress, why not buy a floral or polka dot one. This is how you grow your
wardrobe. When you’ve accumulated the basics; a little black number, a white
shirt, a black blazer, blue jeans and a black skirt – try the more elaborate pieces
to spice things up a little bit. Then we’ll know you’re not boring and will
definitely consider you as one fashion savvy chicca. Try it and see the reviews
you’ll get. You can thank me later.
