Wedding Clothes​

"She prepared the matching couple outfit along with the HMoob txaij coined vest, xauv, and HMoob txaij hate making sure everything was matching and coherent"

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Paj Nag Muas

2020

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One of many items that came in the suitcase from my mother was my spouse and I's first outfit that would typically be worn during the wedding. My mom prepared Hmoob Txaij (Hmoob stripe) outfits, which pertain to the specific style and region of my father and his family she married into, for my siblings as I. As my older siblings started to marry off, she continued to prepare couple outfits for the next potential child to get married. My spouse and I opted not to have a traditional Hmoob wedding, but honored my mother's preparation by using the outfit in our engagement photos. It worked out well that my husband also identifies as Hmoob Txaij. She prepared the matching couple outfit along with the Hmoob txaij coined vest, xauv and Hmoob txaij hat making sure everything was matching and coherent. Traditionally, this would have symbolized the outfit she would dress me in for the Hmoob wedding and the beginning of a life with my spouse. 

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Photo captured by Mai Ka Photography.