New Life had started as a music group, (more akin to a choral group with guitars – given the great harmonies of Theo, Mac & Steve), then morphed into a singing group with drums and guitars and keyboards, and then, once the transition to all guys happened, it became more of a contemporary gospel music group, especially after the transition to 7th Avenue and the addition of Lindsay. Then the fashions were anything goes!
“Appearance Style” in the first year
As we started playing at events, it was decided we needed a “uniform look.” Especially as we looked to what groups from the USA were doing. Our “fashion consultant” was Lewis, who was working for the Edgars clothes store at the time and was the most fashion conscious of the lot of us!
He suggested the casual white linen suits and blue shirts for the men and white linen dresses & blue floral blouses for the ladies for a semi formal look. For a less formal look, the guys just wore the blue shirts with white pants. (This became rather impractical once we had more equipment to load and unload!)
Soon we needed an additional outfit, more formal and more versatile. We were playing multiple venues a day and multiple days in a row on the tour, and need a mix & match option. Once again Lewis sprang into action and came up with Green suits and white shirts for the men with optional striped shirts, if no jacket was worn for a casual look. For the ladies light green casual outfits on the casual side and more flowing long dresses for the formal side. made for them. (At this time Peggy had joined us and her Mom made the formal dresses).
Dec 76 – At Matatielle: Green dresses, striped shirts, white pants 
Dec 76 – Kokstad: Formal green suits, evening dresses 
Apr 77 – Huis Erica Girls hostel, U of Pretoria
New Life – All guys Mid 77
Once it became all guys, the outfits became more casual. But there were still occasions when the white suits were worn.
Jeans were the preferred pants for the guys, so Lewis (or just the pants). So lewis added a new variation, Golf shirts, but in 3 different colors, red, white & blue, so that it looked uniform, but not the same! And an additional variation was added to wear with the white pants… bright red shirts! (Once again Lewis’ idea.)
Sept 77: Red, White & Blue with Jeans 
Sept 77: White suits with blue shirts
By the end of 1977, there were no more matching outfits. Our audience had changed and we had changed.
1977 Dec – The last of the uniforms 
1980 – All casual! 
1980 – Red leather pants, a ties & a white jacket…but this time its different!