By blue of course, I mean a mixture of colours, that to me and in that light gave an impression of blue. It was full length with a high neckline. The sleeves were a different colour. At first glance they looked beige, maybe brown. I supsect that it was a light almost see through cloth stitched over the dress and its colour and that of the dress combined to make the effect. The were subtle patterns all over the dress and it shimmered in the light. The patterns appeared to be flowers. The sleeves were cut below the elbow but not as far as the wrist. As Patricia sat, I noticed that her legs were also covered beneath the dress. The material was similar to that which had been used for the arms and maybe this was a two piece outfit, or three pieces made to look like two. Alice is a seamstress and I have seen her handy work so I am not surprised by the quality of the cloth or the stitching. Not that Alice made this one, I simply do not know who made the dress, although I suspect that it was made in or around Accra. Nothing was worn on the head, but there were bangles on each wrist, very thin on the right hand side and very wide on the left. The one on the right looked like silver, the one on Patricia's left wrist looked like gold. She wore a necklace, and there was embroidery at the top of the dress that raised the material so that the line around the neck was straight. The Wedding dress fell slightly off one of the shoulders. Patricia wore sandals, they looked traditional.
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