A giant thrift store
As children, we are taught that boys wear blue and girls wear pink. Women carry purses, while men carry everything in their pockets.
Here, western clothing is unisex. It’s not uncommon to see straight men in tight pink shirts or carrying fake Louis Vuitton bags. My favorite is when kids wear clothing with playboy logos and have no clue what the logo represents. Western clothing is sold on the street. It’s mainly clothing that was donated by Europeans and Americas, and then sold at a premium. While shopping here is like shopping at a thrift store, the styles and brands vary greatly. Today, I bought a pair of used jeans for 4,000 CFA (equivalent to $9 USD or 160 tomatoes). I bargained the price down from 7,000, though I think I could have gotten the price down another 500 CFA. I find it disturbing that the clothing westerns donate to the poor people in Africa is being sold for so much money!
