It all started back in Varsity, at the Durban University Of Technology. I remember I had these white All-Stars that my granny bought for my metric dance, which happened to be the only pair of sneakers I had at that time.

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One Sunday, I was washing them and noticed that the color wasn't looking so great. So I decided to take acrylic paint and doodled all over them, and then wore them on campus the next day. Everyone loved them!

 

From there, I started getting orders to paint sneakers, and from there I started doodling on T-shirts and selling them. The other day my late brother Mandla came back with a sewing machine from his work—he said "my boss was throwing some stuff away; I thought you might wanna use this." At that time, I had never used a sewing machine before! But as soon as he gave it to me, I took one of my old jean pants… disassembled every single piece… sewed it together again… practiced with new material until I got it right! Because I was a graphic design student at the time, learning how to sew wasn't difficult for me because already had an eye for design.

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Fast forward to now, the brand Mxo is a nickname from my full name Mxolisi which means Peacemaker. the brand aim to inspire those who comes from humble beginning those who appreciate the little they have, who creates something from nothing and most of the it all, those who always strive to look their best.