Mulgan Dalubuhle Sibanda who is well known as Khoi khoi in the arts and entertainment industry proudly introduces himself as a Kwaito and Afro pop musician, an actor, events planner and a fashion designer. He creates most of his stage outfits as well as those for other artists in the province and beyond. He is also a co-founder of the Planet Kadder Academy of Gwanda. He reveals how passionate people are, about his art style in all his areas of specialisation, “people say I go crazy on stage, I produce captivating fashion designs,” and these are quite befitting utterance as he has a wide following of people in his art journey where he has so far performed outstandingly.
Khoi Khoi has been a fashion designer since 2017, his clothing brand is called the Dakhoisan Klothing. His role at Archer clothing in Bulawayo where he worked as a machinist pushed him to know about cutting and designing, a passion he later enhanced with professional skills he received from the John’s Catholic church.
Khoi Khoi explains his competitive advantage showing how special his works are, “My works are very unique, I’m not afraid to experiment, I use any fabric and accessories around me to come up with a unique design. Some call my works ‘crazy designs’ (says laughingly) People that I have worked with can tell that this was done by Khoi Khoi by merely seeing the outfit”,
“One thing for sure is my affordable prices for outstanding outfits as we are still in the process of building a brand”, adds Khoi Khoi.
“The biggest challenge that I have now is machinery, as it is I do my overlocking and printing elsewhere of which it kills time nxa u busy lanxa ungela mali ngaleso skhathi. It slows down the pace. Okunye its limited fabrics especially here in Gwanda amanye ama fabrics u can never get around and lastly it’s capital coz as a creative I need to run my craft as a business. I need to produce, market and to sell”.
He also mentions that it is a challenge to market his works when there is no money to do so as this is a field that requires capital injection. It is hard to do just a professional photoshoot using professional models or ukwenza a fashion show all these things need capital
Despite all the challenges that he has mentioned, Khoi Khoi believes in this saying, “Start now, start with what you have, start slow but just get started”. “As long as we are pushing nothing can stop the hustle instead kuyabe lokhu kulunga bit by bit. If we push harder we can overcome all these obstacles”, says the optimistic creative, Khoi Khoi.
Dakhoisan Klothing have dressed most local artists who include Bry Eeze, Zhezhingtones, Kwaito Star and Jovis Jovara Imbongi Engadumile. In 2023 Dakhoisan Klothing will introduce perfumes with the aim of growing the brand.
