Meet Welkom’s flamboyant fashion designer, Lehlohonolo Majola!

Gone are those days whereby traditional attire was only reserved for Heritage month, today fashion designers have change all of that, they added a bit of touch to the traditional wear so that it can be worn everyday, today, the Welkom-born entrepreneur Lehlohonolo Majola makes traditional attire fashionable.

Majola is a 28-year-old who is founder of Bantu Creations, a company that makes urban clothes with the mix of traditional attire.

Majola who describes himself as a fashion creative, told Kasi Voice News that his journey of fashion started the day he saw that he could alter his jeans.

“I started doing alterations, fixing clothes in my room, that’s how I actually started, then I started off ripping my clothes then taking them back to their original look,

“My mom was also an inspiration because when I grew she had a passion for sewing, though she never taught me to tailor,I guess fashion is my natural ability,” said the fashion guru entrepreneur.

Majola’s biggest achievement has to be rated amongst a list of top fashion designers in the Free State’ Fashion Week, a provincial fashion show that made its inception back in 2019.

He says this is where he acquired a stint to design clothes for more than 10 models.

While the world pandemic, Covid-19 has impacted many people’s lives negatively, Majola saw positivity in midst of the pandemic, as he was able to make his ready-to-wear clothing available in retail stores.

Majola was born deep in the valley township of Thabong in Welkom, and currently he lives in the city of roses, Bloemfontein, where he perceives himself as the most fortunate, having attained skills, and this enabled him to think outside the box to officiate a skills academy where he could pass his skills to youngsters.

The tailor and fashion goal-orientated Majola said he has a broad visionary where one of the Premier Soccer League (PSL) team could flaunt his designs.

He also added that he wants to create plenty of job opportunities to unemployed youth to beat unemployment.

The entrepreneur can be found on Instagram and on Twitter. To engage place your orders, reach to Majola on WhatsApp at 078 166 4135.

Below are his recent designs: