Day One
The Project:
To wear forty mumus over forty days.
The Rules:
Never wear the same mumu twice
If a new mumu is added to the collection, another day is added to the challenge.
Rational:
To counter my daily teenage like fashion crisis, to rebel against fashion trends, to express individuality, to experience freedom, to brighten the sidewalk wherever I go, to be more graceful and playful and to celebrate femininity.
Definition of a mumu:
A loose often long dress having bright colors and patterns and adapted from the dresses originally distributed by missionaries to the native women of Hawaii.
The Collection:
I have a wonderful collection of mumus which began about ten years ago when I acquired a couple of my Mum’s mumus. Mum is the hostess with the mostess and I have seen photos of mum wearing these mumus at parties that she and Dad threw in the seventies (they assure me that no key swapping took place at these events). I was inspired to throw a party of my own and invite guests to come dressed in Mumus. Years later, we have just had the eighth annual Mumu party and my collection has grown to forty mumus from all around the world and includes designer mumus from the sixties and seventies.
