Birth of Betsuana

Hi there

this is the first post for my new fashion blog! in this post i am basically going to tell you what i am about, what my fashion label is about, and what this blog is going to be about!

i am a young, ambitious South African female who is deeply passionate about fashion! i started designing at the age of 12, where i made my very first sketch(which was not the most pretty sight, i admit). eversince then i have continued to design different outfits and dresses, each design getting better as time goes by. over high school i have designed dresses for many of my friends, but unfortunately could not make any of them! this is when i BEGGED my parents to take me to fashion school and after all that begging came along my night classes at the Awesome Bloemfontein Fashion Academy!

However, if you have 8 hours of school, 2hours of sport, then 3 hours of fashion classes...a teenager would get drained, eventually. so i didn't complete my 2 years of fashion school as it was becoming too much for me. I didn't leave empty handed though! I left with a few skills, and to cut this rather boring story short: i can sew, and i have my own equipment to back it up:-)! yay me!

2012 marks the year where i decided to finally do SOMETHING with my life! so i created my very own Fashion label! those who know me well, know that my name for my label has changed about a thousand times over the years, lol, but finally i found one that says a lot about me and my dream! and, no joke, but i actually found this word in the Dictionary.

*incase you are interested* Bechuana is the old name for Botswana (yes, the country in Africa)! i am a Tswana, so it is a good link to my roots, and i just like the way it is pronounced! but due to the word being used for many other things, decided to change a few things here and there! so Bechuana becomes Betsuana....pronounced just like Botswana, just with an 'e' instead of an 'o'. now try and say it.....*nyhu*

okay, now that my semi-autobiography is complete, let me talk about the blog! this is going to be a blog that tracks every liitle event in my life that will contribute to the success of this label of mine! i will share all the ups, downs, and fabulosity of creating a brand in every imaginable format that exists in this technology-crazed world! pics, vids, tweets...you name it!

so stick along for the ride...this is going to be interesting!

x
Creator and Designer of Bechuana (getting Goosebumps saying that!)
Kea Moraka