South African Woman's Tailor Fails to Recreate Sishweshwe Dress Design, Gets It Completely Wrong

South African Woman's Tailor Fails to Recreate Sishweshwe Dress Design, Gets It Completely Wrong

  • A South African woman shared a video on social media of a dress she had made by her tailor that was completely different from the design she had requested
  • The woman had sent her tailor two pictures of stunning brown sishweshwe dresses that she wanted him to copy, but instead, he made her a brown wrap dress
  • Many people shared their own experiences of having dresses made by tailors that did not turn out as expected

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A South African woman took to social media to share a video showing dress inspo she had sent to her African tailor to make her a similar dress only to be left completely disappointed.

Tailor fails to recreate sishweshwe dress design
A woman's tailor failed to recreate sishweshwe dress design. Image: @mcliswa_/TikTok
Source: TikTok

The video by @mcliswa_ shows her two stunning brown sishweshwe dresses that she had wanted, only for her tailor to make a brown wrap dress that was nowhere near the design she wanted.

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"POV: Your African tailor misunderstood the assignment," she captioned the post.

Clients often rely on fashion designers to create the perfect dress, especially for special occasions such as weddings and proms. If a designer gets the design wrong, it can be a major disappointment for the client.

Netizens react to the video in disbelief

Many people could not believe how wrong the tailor got dress and responded in shock. Others responded with jokes and banter.

mora..tee commented:

" You wanted nothing complicated."

Mpilo Lloyd Mpisana said:

"No ways ngeke."

nunu replied:

"I hope you’re joking because wow."

Tofo said:

"Askies mara njani? Are they blind? That's something else, nje."

Puseletso makofane wrote:

"The first dress is what I wanted. But what I gotI didn't feel good on my lobola day."

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Lotus flower replied:

"If you walk fast, no one will know."

Student suffers salon mishap 1 day before school opens

In another article, Briefly News reported that a schoolgirl was unhappy with her back-to-school hairstyle. The young lady showed people that she went to a salon, hoping the style she wanted would work out and look amazing

The video of the student's distress got over 14000 likes. There were also hundreds of comments from people who were discussing the hairstyle.

@desireaya posted that she left this salon disappointed after they did her Fulani braids wrong. In the TikTok post, the young girl assured that she wanted cornrows that had zig zags. Instead, she got straight back because she was too shy to speak up.

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Source: Briefly News

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Nothando Mthembu (Senior editor) Nothando Mthembu is a senior multimedia journalist and editor. Nothando has over 5 years of work experience and has served several media houses including Caxton Local Newspapers. She has experience writing on human interest, environment, crime and social issues for community newspapers. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree and an Honours Degree in Media Studies from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, obtained in 2016 and 2017. Nothando has also passed a set of trainings by Google News Initiative. Email: nothando.mthembu@briefly.co.za