Dressed for Work

If "MCC worker" is synonymous with a get up of birkenstocks and wrinkled cotton skirts, think again. In Laos everyone is expected to be extremely well dressed in most every setting. To work each day I wear a traditional Lao skirt (or sin) and a neatly ironed collared shirt. The large pleat at the waist makes the sin the clothing of choice for driving a motorcycle or sitting on the floor. Sins come in many beautiful colours and patterns, but the decorative strip (or tinsin) at the bottom of the skirt is what makes people take notice.