Personality profile – Fashion Hub

THE MAN BEHIND VOTRE MAJESTE

Looking up to Gianni Versace as a role model has birthed a talented fashion designer, originally from Mpumalanga in Siyabuswa, Khulekani Fezile Gumbi.

(Picture by Khulekani)

His passion for fashion comes a long way and led him to commence with designing for his own fashion brand in 2017. Khulekani (22) “it was not easy at all without financial support, it is still not easy even now”. However, that did not stop Khulekani to do what he is good at.

The brand Votre Majeste has been into existence for 4 years now, even though the has been some challenges, such as finances, he was able to keep everything going. Khulekani would love to see his brand as a well-known brand nationally in the next five years and go internationally after it has deeply grounded in South Africa first.

(Picture by Khulekani)

Afterall, South Africa is where he was born, and it is crucial for him that the brand he started for himself and clothing’s that he designed with his own hands to be recognised in the mother land before other countries are to recognise it. The fact that he is always out of fashion also “sparked the idea of actually creating fashion for myself and I ended up starting my clothing brand”.

Khulekani is the man of many talents, besides focusing on his brand and designing clothes, he is a sales assistant in one of the well-known sportswear stores in South Africa, Totalsports. According to him, it is very simple to focus on being a fashion designer and branding, with being a sales assistant because both jobs are fashion oriented.

Now, his goal is to be able to bring out the best version of himself, and he needs both experience, which makes things easy for him to be able to handle. Khulenani’s target market is not a specific group of individuals, however, is for everyone who sees fashion beyond just clothes, “but the deeper concept of it” he explains.

(Picture by Khulekani)

Furthermore, it is also people who understand the craft and appearance all the finer details and people who can give an expression of themselves through fashion. Khulenani’s preferred colour of all time is black because it is bold enough to make “the melanin in my skin pop out more”.

Moreover, he is more into baggy clothes because of the comfortability that they have, and they suit any body type. “I prefer summer because it brings out the natural seduction, where people actually dress less and show more skin”.

Threads with Anele

Anele Mtimkulu (20) a second year BA in Journalism student and owner of thee anele apparel from Rooderpoort is making moves with her clothing designs which she made on her own.

(Photo by Anele)

Anele who was inspired by Mrs Ola Folami who owns Olarsgrace, is now creating her own fashion designs. “Mrs Ola Folami inspires me when i create designs, that woman is phenomenal in fashion” she said. The garment that Anele made for the first time is a gown and a fleece jacket.

What encouraged Anele to become a seamstress was not always finding what you are looking for, mostly because of the unavailability of size at the store. She said “I am tall and i always find pants that are not long enough and it is frustrating”. The kind of clothes she sews are comfort clothes for now, because they are what she sews best at the moment.

(Photo by Anele)

She sew:

Bomber jackets
Sweat pants
Tracksuit clothing

Anele’s goal in the next five years is to own a degree in fashion design, but for now she is focusing on getting a journalism degree. “With regards to sewing, hopefully I manage to open a store and sell very affordable clothes, and unique, I want to produce clothes that are not too basic” she said.

(Photo by Anele)

What Anele loves about sewing is the process of creating clothing and the fun of it. However, like any other human being she has strengths and weaknesses. She is hardworking and barely make mistakes, but the problem is, she is slow and struggle to communicate, “I leave people hanging sometimes” says Anele.

However, she also love wearing comfort clothing and not pants that requires a belt for support, but pants that are elastic on the waist. Therefore, Anele uses instagram to promote and advertise the garments that she creates on her own. If you ever wish to own thee anele apparel clothing brand send a direct message on instagram (@thee.anele_apparel) for order.

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