Jalamias:Blast From The Past Becomes the New School Cool

At first Jalamias where exclusively owned by Muslims and it was worn simply as a religious attire along with a little fez cap. However, the long flowing outfit met widespread appreciation and became a piece of clothing worn by all and sundry regardless of religious sentiments or orientation. These days, it seems to have garnered a new found appeal as dudes and chicks all over school deem it fit to rock a nice Jalamia. Instead of going with the conventional white cotton material, most people toosh up the ‘Jalab’ by making use of black, dark grey or even purple Guinea material which is stylishly embroidered in different colors. If you used to see girls on Jalamias before and you never thought to pay any attention, I’m guessing now you will.

Trust Unilag chicks to rock the look with fresh nerd glasses and a nice hairdo! Killer I tell ya! The way they walk around all high and mighty swinging designer matching handbags will just make a young striving boy like me who plans on setting P with any of them just become entirely hopeless. Some actually get matching Jalamias with their boyfriends who, 8 out of 10 times, are ‘Wire wire’ or in clearer terms ‘Malay’ boys. If you have no idea what I’m talking about, you need to update your brain’s Operating System to the 2013 version. Nobody calls them ‘yahoo yahoo’ boys anymore.
If you’re a girl and you want to really rock a Jalamia, first and foremost, you must have the physical endowment to make the cloth eye popping. If you are as flat as my ironing board and you want to look sexy in a Jalamia, my dear you will look no sexier than the Alfa living down my street. The unwritten Jalamia law section 5;Article 69 states that if you intend to bestow upon yourself the distinguished honor of rocking a Jalamia, you must possess the ample fortifications in both the frontal and rear views respectively. Then and only then can you proceed to giving men ‘strong tin’ as you walk down the streets.
One other thing you must consider when it comes to Jalamias is packaging. Anybody can wear a Jalamia and look infinitely razz so you have to be careful with the way you present the dressing. Unilag people can package for Africa and even Asia combined so that is no problem for us. You can see a Unilag boy who drinks garri on a steady in the hostel but his Instagram page features a picture of him on a neatly starched Jalamia with the caption ‘#ArabMoney’. It is also in Unilag that you will find a girl who’s father can’t afford to plaster the interior of his house, rocking a nice Jalamia with an LV bag to match and a BB Q10 cradled in her hand. Browse through her phone and you’ll see pictures of other girls like her accompanying her on boat cruises and dinners at expensive hotels. You gotta love Unilag people, we are a very rare specie. Take it or leave it, we set the trend. If we decide to start wearing our clothes backwards, students in other school will follow suit without even knowing it. Yes! Cos we dope like that!