How To Wear Kente Cloth Traditionally

For Women

Women may wrap the kente cloth around their body, passing it underneath their arms at the breast level. It can also be wrapped around the shoulders as you would a shawl.

Women can also designs Kente cloth into KABA (blouse) and SLIT (long skirt).

For Men

MEN (wrap as you would a Toga )

Put yourself in the middle of the kente cloth by holding opposite ends of the cloth in each hand, with the cloth behind you, adjacent to your back.

Drape the left end of the cloth over your left shoulder. The extra fabric will end up hanging on the inside.

Enfold the fabric from the right side underneath the arm and across the body and place it over your left shoulder.

Take the cloth that is covering the left arm and place it over the cloth on the left shoulder so both arms are now exposed and the bulk of the cloth is lying on the left shoulder. (Wrapping is quite similar to a toga style).

Wrap the Kente Cloth around the body, underneath the arms (exposing the shoulders) and at waist or breast level. Coordinate with a solid colored blouse. You may also wrap Kente around the shoulders to wear as a shawl.