Clothing Store and Entrepreneur

Background

27 year old Bianca, born and raised in Mutare by a single father after the passing on of her mother. She was born in a family of two , her being the last born. “Growing up l never lacked anything though we were not rich , my father was a tailor and that is where l found the inspiration to be in the clothing sales because l love fashion “.

Appearance

Bianca is light skinned in complexion. Her height is on point not too tall not too short. She has a round face and brownish eyes . Her hair is dreadlocked and she prefers black or brown on her hair. She keeps short nails on her fingers and she has a well built body as that of an athlete’s. She looks very young and is filled with life.

Emotions and hobbies

She is a cheerful person even though she seems to be an introvert she manages to be ever mostly

Bianca likes to read fashion magazines of released and unreleased fashion from brands like Vogue, Prada, Gucci. On her spare time she enjoys going out for shopping.

Lifestyle

Bianca’s lifestyle is quite interesting because it is filled with a variety of classy and classic things. She owns a Honda Prius and lives in a eight roomed house. ” l travel abroad often to purchase my products. She quite has a financial status that is desirable and interesting.

Habits

Bianca is a collected person and she has a great sense of humour. She has a tendancy of blinking oftenly and is very observant. She drinks a lot because she is an independent woman. She has this habit of singing while she is working. Bianca values time and she always applying makeup “l do that to keep myself on point”.

Social life

She blends in well with people she works around with. She is a religious person who attends United Methodist Church, ‘l don’t go to church every Sundays but most of the time l do visit the House of God’. She is easy to interact with in terms of business and is very formal though she does not engage in a conversation easily.

Dreams

Bianca wishes to join group of designers and share her ideas of how to design clothes. ‘Since l already own a shop in Harare, l dream to own a factory that designs and produce clothings for example “savage” and “Hatiperi ” ‘.

Problems she has encountered

‘It is hard to own a business whilst you are a woman because it is unfit in the patriarchal society we live for women to achieve better things, people will be judging and giving critiques to women saying they can’t do it’. She explains how hard it is for her as a single mother because she has a family to take care and a business to run.

By VENUS.T MUCHANYEREI and SHAUN MBILIKILA