When I asked him what is his favourite part of his job he
said that it’s the fact that he gets to deal with clothes all day, every day
and he is of course living the dream. He was raised by people who love and
appreciate good clothes. Both of his late parents instilled in him at a very
young age the infinite ways to communicate through outfit choices. However If
given the chance he would invade Mr Felipe Mazibuko’s closet as his take on
fashion is beyond brilliant and his list for international influences is
endless.
Something we may not know about MJ is that he is a bit of a
foodie and in his spare time he usually goes out with friends to have great
food and drinks in a relaxed environment. He loves the outdoors, especially
spending some time out in the sun, he is likely to hang out in the open air
markets and at night he becomes one with the dance floor either downtown Jo’burg,
Braamfontein, Rosebank and sometimes Sandton, he is truly Eclectic in that
regard. He doesn’t have just one favourite Fashion Magazine, in no particular
order, he enjoys going through issues of GQ (SA and UK copies), company Vintage
Vogue, In Style and Of Course Marie Claire
Recently He featured in GQ’s Style Diary, his most favourite
part was literally when he reeled out his entire closet to pick what he thought
would best work for this opportunity. He lives for the thrill of putting
together clothes, be it for himself, a client or for a friend, so styling a
total of 10 completely different looks for his GQ style diary was all sorts of
fun.
His advice this winter is to not take the common layering
exercise to seriously as great style is best executed through smart usage of
texture and in his opinion we should have a good collection of accessories, to
transform an outfit into anything he also suggests that we should invest in expert
advice and always be able to explain why we wear certain items. He also
suggests that we should always try to shop alone, that way we will be honest
about what we really wish to appear.
He advises that whoever wishes to join in the fashion
industry must go right ahead. Nothing trumps passion and the pie is big enough
for all kinds of strengths.
When I asked where he sees himself in the next 5 years this
is what he had to say, “I often declare that beyond being a budding business
man, I am actually a business man. Get it? So if the universe wills it; in the
next 5 years I am likely to be a better version of me. As a person in this
thriving industry, I defiantly will have made and unavoidable mark”
To stand a chance to win a Sunglass Hut voucher to the value
of R1000 all you have to do is you vote for his winter style on his blog Please
see the link here below:
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Why don't you check out his blog as well : mjandstuff.wordpress.com
This was truly a great experience for me.
Happy Shopping Guys
XoXo
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