 So like, in any case Hata wajatwa bia kwa kwa wajatwa Nani? Kwa wajatwa bia By the way, team runs are in all the way Jiji, ok, sawa hainasi Acha tum kwa bia ronsafi If umeni eke am tu me Was playing music from way back There is no way Umeni utenda kwa bia na Ya, kwa me old school music Na kwa nangapa bachi mi Jiji kata Any time, any day Anyway, our next guest is in studio He goes by the name Kaseba He's a designer He's a CEO We love how we have young upcoming CEOs Sawa sawa Yes, he'll be telling us more about what he does His designs, where you can find them And we see a couple of them Welcome to the show Thank you We'll pause We'll go to the kitchen We'll go Kindly introduce to him where we are We'll talk to him And we'll tell him I'm Clinsman Kaseba CEO of Kaseba Designs Actually Kaseba Design Fashion House We are located at Kangwondo Road That's where our headquarters is But plans are underway to open our branch In Mombasa Because we want to broaden our business So currently, we have clothing lines Under Kaseba Designs Fashion House That is Kaseba And another one called Vakisa Kaseba Designs So that one Vakisa Kaseba Designs is whereby We want to give a platform to Upcoming designers, marketers We want to give everybody an opportunity To come and showcase what he or she can do To the products So what kind of wares do you deal with? What specifically are you dealing with? Men's wares Women's Children So Kaseba Designs We entirely deal with the official And the casual look That is either for the men The women We blend all over So you said official Yes, official Official when you come to Gani You have been working Official when you come to Masuti The taxi doors You say you name it How long have you been operating? I started way back in 2019 But professionally My business started booming In 2018 December That's when I started this business Professionally What makes you stand out As Kaseba Designs Because I mean their designers All over the country Had them here What makes you What would make me Any other person come to you? What makes Kaseba Designs Standard or unique If you can say it Is because we are original We don't copy from outside We have some models Who will showcase some of our products We bring in the African heritage And we comprise it up with the modern look For example If you see our suits It looks like the African art is blended up With some modern suits And you look like We are trying to bring up some How do you call this? Like We support our own Kenyan products So when you see our suits We are so different from the rest Okay And let us see one of the suits We have the first model Yes, there is the suits Okay As you can see Our first model So tell us about this particular design This particular design As we are saying Where we blend the African art here With the modern one This is an Ankara suit As you can see We can see the African look Inside the Ankara suit Plus the pull neck And the back That's where the modern comes in So you see Kasiba design doesn't copy from outside We try to bring up what we can find Locally And blend into our master piece So where would someone wear such an outfit? Actually it depends with the person The Ankara suit can blend it anyway Especially if you are going to cultural events Cultural events Whereas there are many places You can wear an Ankara event Okay, interesting And for such a particular outfit How long does it take you kunda? Kunda, this product Actually less than a week It really takes passion Less than a week What you are lemafundiwa Ya kesho Apana Ya kesho kutu No, no, no Na sayu ata ujakata material Actually you mutaki ya ka odda Karin lika umeka leo odda Just give us around one week Expand of one week Your product will be ready So what is it that you do exactly When do you tailor it Or may you just come up with the design? As you see it will come up with the idea Then I have my people The design as well But bring it the way I want it to be So you can say Because it creates employment to other people Okay, yes You have a great employment So come up with the idea I call my team Say to them this is what I want What do you think What do you think Actually share some ideas And tell me See yo this is how we do This is how we see it Then we agree And we come up with the masterpiece This is actually a teamwork process What is If I was to get such a suit I am maybe one of our fans Who is watching out there What's the price range Price range Actually it depends on the quality For example this Ankara suit The Ankara suit minus the pool neck And the bag This goes for a range of 6k Okay, the suit itself Without the pool neck, the bag Without the pool neck, the bag And the shoes This one is a model Yeah, that's a model So thank you so much If you can have a seat We get the next model And see some of The next design, yes Okay All right So tell us about this outfit So as I said Where you blend in The modern and the traditional one This is where you can see We have a If you see Can you turn around Thank you They have a mixture Of the Of the tradition Of the modern You can see traditional stuff At the end of the Yeah, the vintage Yeah, the vintage one At the modern Then Where we blend it up The more the traditional Turn again Turn kidogo Kidogo to like Evo As you can see that was a vintage one Where we blended it To creating it as a visual To creating it as a visual With at least A kind of work And you call it A hard material When it's a modern So you blend it with the Modern shoes Yes So we check the black ones When you are naivi And bring out the look Yes Where would you wear such an outfit Actually this one You can wear it anyway It depends Whether you are in office An event What you want to blend As you can see Yes dreads But he looks Official Neat Yes Okay For this Price range Can you tell me Actually he is in Kandokando Because Okilakituni Individual In Kandokando As you can see He is in Kamae So the price range Of the shoe The trouser The pool net Half code the trouser Kandokando Kilakituni Kandokando Unless you want a set Unless you want A full set Yes Okay thank you so much Take a seat Those are some of That design It's plus what you are wearing Yes What are some of Challenges you come by Since 2019 Nimi mekwa Very hard As you said Ni nini Ni nini nini Hiji na ya kyo Ime boom In 2020 Yes So throughout that time Ni nili kwenakufanya Usi fike mali penge Nge takenakufika So actually in Kianza There were a lot of challenges Which is always financially The price is like that Much actually I studied with 5K Yibia Shera say with 5K Sikuata nashop Yeah So by the time 2019 Naisha By the time 2020 to Nanza The same at least I got some money 그래도untua baka kiwi foiln회 ligatia nama kuri warriors merke juoda kwa mtama mtako mtama mtama p distractions de ingami comePeople may be looking down on you to because you are young periazin peanut 23-22 years old ketwa na k非常 na mani powan kwa variety na keba ranwe kendo fuiin flavour Skupo b τα iya wa Hai kule We were just dealing with the orders that were being made so we were surviving on orders Sika makitambu maybe you could go somewhere, you could go to Kisumu, Kufanyani, Niku, go to your clients upon So we were just looking for a job in Nairobi So business was hard because of the coronavirus What is your ultimate goal for Kasiwa Designs? Our ultimate goal for Kasiwa Designs is to not only cater for the local needs but also internationally That's why I started saying that plants are under way to open a branch in Mombasa specifically Niali because we want to broaden our business Why specifically Niali? Well we have a number of reasons why specifically Niali But I think you get me But the main agenda is to broaden the business and get more clients outside Nairobi Not only Nairobi Which designers do you look up to? Um currently I look Internationally locally Let me just say internationally I love the only person who dresses to my liking Like he can blend either casual or official Is de gone Is an Instagram sensation And also is a legendary design actually in the US So actually most of my designs when I sit down and come up with an idea Okay I kinda cope, I not really cope but I get my ideas from him You borrow? I borrow some ideas, it's borrowing I borrow some ideas from him Then I blend it to what I want it to be Yeah de gone is one of the past people I look up to So you're saying that you borrow ideas from him? I just borrow ideas Any other place where you borrow ideas What inspires you What your creative process? My creative process How can I say this, my creative process What inspires you design? What I design Actually what inspires you design is What I see around me I see around me You can say Niza onda for example mama mwa kitenge Then onna kitenge Niki onna kitenge nona koti maali I'm like if I take a small patch there then I blend it in a koti Ita kaji Niki kwa maybe you kiti amba bila mwa kiki eka maali Niki kama yohafut bili maiona Like I've blended a vintage And I add a kind of a hard material So like anything I see Like click to nona I try to vent it And come and go onata kutengi Niza Kama bili ume vibe yode nim Me zangali yode nim you've been saying Yode nim kuna pata po ibona zachukuwa A blend in a trouser Ame in a coat Ame in a half coat Then ita kwa to clean Nii mistakes gani nona nga at what you find in terms of fashion Pardon? What mistakes do you see people making when it comes to fashion Okay mistakes But for me especially males Not females as well Separately Nini nmuku jakros nikama For example Mistakes on the mistakes nikama Mutua me make order For example somebody has made an order He wants to buy a suit Ibi a 3p suit or a 2p suit Then like the kind of suit He or she wants Yes niza pati kana But kuna bili inafakutengi me zona Ama kuna bili ane itaka But he zikuja evo So onapata he or she will insist Ane ataka bili iku evo nane itaka Then at the end of the day kimpela kia It becomes another thing Ya kia evo Ya kia evo But initially you know you open up kuskiza Some of them open up kuskiza So like niza wambia If you want something If you want a product If you want to order for a product Like mo elewana kwa zana at the designer Elewana wo you are like Is this possible See when I say I want this Veli iku evi The designer will tell you ok sana kupia bili iku But maybe it is ok elu taka So let's agree elu taka So customer is not always right Not really But business-wise Iku joko pesa ok, you are right So when we say Akikula zimisha fanya If you let me say Producer Or you are an artist You are a producer You are not talented And insist What do you do in that case What do you do in that case What do you do What do you do What do you do And complain afterwards What do you do That's why I say Akisha asemona ataka i Ushutama wambia Ita weza kana Maybe we can say Another design But inakari bia evi Akisama ataka the same Iku tengza de semitu tukabibia He is giving me the product Kusena mi order As long as same lipa Nianataka He is giving me the product Una malizama Ya, me too Actually, ya Kus later on Iziti ita kusuli shama wambia Bili wambia unuku usama wambia Usama wambia But your opinion Akokama designer So opinion come a designer Like Tu elewane At least your customer relation i baki Isikue ulii insist on something Nkakupia that something Uka kasirika Iru kasirikia before eating Ntengeneze Ektu seme Ntengeneze Kus mi My work ethic is that Kamana juita tukia wuzuri Heryo bia sharika e Kus teki ni kukose Juni kule tu pusea kuna Ata kwa ribia kasi ase Nkua ri At the end of the day Uta ribu jinangu kwenje Kuseme nisama tengza Kitu flanikia Kili tukitungin And initially I told you Aita tukia ibo Aita tukia ibo So ikiku jya in such a situation I'll just tell you Are you ready? Yokin si sana I'll just let the business go Uba dutu taribu jina So what would you tell young upcoming designers? Young upcoming designers Nisama tukitun Imi bia sharika You can start with any amount of money Sila zi mawazina shop Actually Onizamza wuki waza Online Amufu guys Mibia small kibanda samwe Amu zi kuna bebatango Zaku every morning Une dwa ang mahali Like people start somewhere Weza mga 2 one day Use me I want a big shop Taka kwa kwa shop tau Uja plan the rent Ta on ni how much Uta kuna lipa Imi bifia kutukakwa kumbaka kumibi yauna So it's need planning Lazumu maze chini Wuzina za tuju Unless you have the money Yuku sawa But if you don't have the money Gradually Nakunik tu ya raka Kutia raka ita ita isha tu ya raka Kitu me groda na suetia ko pole Gradually pole pole Pole actually taku sa idea Nini Nini Zile vitu basic kamsamton Onizamza na zonini Nini di penada kuza ni ni Fuku zambaka ma na takuza Kama ni like suits for example Anza maybe Troza skanda for example And one zitu na blazers Blazers guna zitu na zinaenda Ongeza pole neks Pole zitu na zinaenda Ongeza troza After you ongeza half coats Yuvubu gipanda At the end of the day Uta kuna dili na three piece Two piece suits At like full full suits In terms of machines In terms of machines Vitu za kutu ni ya la kutengi Nini vitu ga ni basic kumiguna ni Actually Kama ni mambuia kushuna na nini Nini Zile zimu kwa ni zubitu Koz na zima For example Let's take for example Zimu na pesa Do na takuwa zibiya shara Mbibu kwa guna less amount Mbibu 2k yama 3k Sindi yo Obiasi yo 2k 3k Izu kutusha kubahibu za kushuna Izu kutusha kubahini ni Nini Dasu na kumbia For example umenua Troza spega umenua blazers Uta kuna zina blazers Sindi yo Mbibu blazers umenua Izu kuna zam issues Kido wa kidowa Izu kuna fundia po It will be cheaper Izu kutusha kubahini Kufu na kushuna Mbibu na 10k Mbibu na 20k Bale, o spend the whole money Wana ukuwa naun Nani nani naun Uta pesa dinakuna naustu So pole pole tu Izu kuna pate Improvis utabaiden Yo the masin Pole pole tuma Uta kutaka Kuku pata for Designs naun O kwa pata wa tiko For designs Lek beli nisema Kotas alone Kauwa rd Akusuli saika But peia wata mombasa Vele nisema Apo nyali Vele nisema Ota kwa po naizuna was Khalajabiiku na hifuli hizi na what we ngi action ya wat u maumbling ok i za huwa sa wilabia pasti nihi ya, p Technically exploitation kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa jima mm aki vp us정 for example jima kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa我们 kwa m Surf service. And we also bag lua kwa komo. Is Grandma calling you here? She is not coming. Night time Night time Night time We wish you all the best in your craft and we hope to see more branches out here in hot shows for you Ok we are taking a short musical break