At the popular Balogun Market on Lagos Island, I had gone to the section known as ‘Gutter,’ where the best of fabrics ranging from Voile, Wanyosi, Indian, Intorica, Ankara and sample laces are sold. It was my late father’s burial and I had gone to arrange for the family uniform known in local parlance as Aso-Ebi. Before I arrived at the market I had earlier called up Gloria my classmate who inherited her mother’s business of selling these materials.