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FASHION: Soaring heat gives room to scanty dress codes

[PHOTO: COURTESY]

Gabon is a country with one of the highest scorching temperatures in the world. Libreville being a coastal city, you can imagine the kind of humidity we have had to endure for the past 13 days. At times, it hits 35°C during the day. Crazy temperatures I tell you.

In worse cases, one is forced to have a change of clothes three times in a day! Mombasa might get hot at times, but cannot get anywhere near Libreville, trust me. Here, even the dress code will tell you this is not your usual temperatures. Women are hardly in trousers, always in skirts; short skirts, very short skirts.

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