South Africa: House of Alfalfa Opens It’s First Store In Johannesburg

Sandile Mblambo is the brain behind House of Alfalfa, a fashion brand which is based in South Africa. The classical lable has opened it’s first store in the heart of Marshalltown, Johannesburg. In principle the House of Alfalfa believes in offering variety because it gives the client options, and with this store opened, clients are likey to make informed choices and good buying decisions.

 
The fashion brand has designed outfits for some noteable people in South Africa, including the daughter of President Jacob Zuma. It tells you the quality he brings on board.

As a matter of fact he went through with a lot of lessons in his designing career, it gave him the inspiration he needed to carry on. Something like “not everyone will share your dream, fame doesn’t necessarily translate to success, easier said than done, believe in your craft and let your work do the talking’ are some of the lessons he had taken. He recounted on his own experiences of not stepping into fashion school to learn how to design but started sewing before he could read and write. He hopes to design for ordinary people who’re looking for affordable clothes. He’s made it big in Jahannesburg, regarding the store which is opened, he’s looking forward to make it in Durban as well. In an interview with fashion blogger Sandy Nene, he was heared as saying “in Milan I learnt what the big deal was with “made in Italy” Italy creates, leads and everyone follows”.

Which means that he has had a successful career both locally and internationally. The designer, Sandile Mblambo ended it all with his mother as his favourite icon, he said “I learned lables from her”, after he had given his favourite quote as everything from Coco Chanel.