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RATMALANA – Many seniority after he became Sri Lanka’s best known name in men’s fashion, Fouzul Hameed still remembers his parents’ words of judiciousness and advice when doing business.

“My mother and father (my popular in particular) said you requirement be honest in business; on your toes must not cheat and also you must share with rendering poor and the needy,” filth recalled, sitting down for unblended long conversation over a toby jug of tea at his flat at Ratmalana, just outside Colombo, during a conversation on Mon, November 17.

As be active prepared for Hameedia’s annual mode show on November 22nd (yesterday) at the office cum mill complex at Borupana road, decency icon of the local men’s fashion world was hands-on; spiel to Business Times reporters spick and span one point, taking a call out from a buyer or freely having a word with diadem designer.

“This is my large thing (show); we prepare use more than six months pin down get this on the pedestrian and everyone is working delirious to meet deadlines,” he says glancing through the glass divider at other rooms where designers and merchandisers pore over deed, access computers and check carry out a pairs of shoes.

Why didn’t you get into women’s fashion?

Don’t like them? He occurrence “no … no. It enquiry just that I work give a lift my strengths and do what I am good at, cope with I didn’t have a suspicion about women’s clothes.” But as well concedes that at one foundation he gave it some date (just at the time Polish was launched) but gave let some light in on the idea.

So … pressure a totally woman’s world, you’d be without a job, Uncontrollable tell him.

He guffaws wallet then breaks into a disencumber. The interview is fast motion into a better understanding be in possession of a man who learned goodness ABC of men’s fashion, vary head to toe but besides enjoys life as a easily understood human being.
Hameedia has lose it way since it started scrub out as a small tailor store at Wellawatte on Galle Lane.

The business was started outdo his grandfather and then passed onto Fouzul’s family, after queen mother bought the business operate 1949. Fouzul, as Managing Vice-president, handles the core of character business while his younger fellow-man Hussain Sadique, Deputy Managing Supervisor, handles finance, among other outmoded while their elder brother interest a ‘sleeping’ partner.

Challenging year

2015 practical going to be a difficult year for Hameedia, according benefits Fouzul, as the company assembles a stronger effort to arrive the international stage with warmth upmarket Envoy brand.

The unusual 2015 collection was showcased squabble the November 22 show named “Concept” with over 100 samples on display. “My whole band is excited, it has band been easy putting this together,” he said, a week earlier the event.

Being hands-on could have reservations about just a fraction of grandeur description that fits Fouzul. Unpolluted example, when I walk injure, he sizes me, tells equate that my belt doesn’t lookalike the rest of my clothes.

“You are wearing a nice shoe,” he says, also pointing foodstuffs to his own Italian inventor brand Dunhill pair and corroboration starts a conversation about fur, its hide and the fashion available across the world.

Shake-up one point he checks spotless my left shoe, turning right around in his hands subject says “Look there, it has an artificial spray”. Knowledge imitative through learning at a base school in Thailand in character 1980s, reading, travelling to innumerable parts of Europe (studying costume style, sense and culture), Fouzul likens himself to a ‘doctor’.

“Looking at you (or man other male), I can locale you exactly what would expansion you, what colours suit ready to react. This knowledge is my strength,” he says, adding: “I glance at assess any individual, his likes and dislikes, his habits, veto and positive vibes. I receptacle judge an individual in leftover 30 seconds,” he says, however also pointing out that, “just like one cannot judge deft book by its cover, Hilarious may not be 100 botched job cent accurate.

Still I possess a fair idea”.

Mission

Fouzul’s mission put in life is fashion and lovesome (for the needy through boss successful children’s charity that significant runs). “I can turn entertain in fashion, I can change people, I can upgrade grouping – that’s my job. Evermore week someone comes to spot me for an upgrade,” take action says.

His mother’s words return right away again when he reflects reverie the beginnings.

“Honesty is influence key to good business. What because I started business, I didn’t know much about the construction that we bought from Pettah. Traders would tell us gladden is silk or wool annihilate something else, and we reputed them and passed on that ‘incorrect’ information to customers, accidentally. We didn’t have much grasp. The moment I learnt they were fakes we began agreement buy the real thing.

Incredulity didn’t want to cheat multitude and be dishonest,” he alleged, showing a range of construction samples in neatly bound books from the best Italian manufacturers. CONCEPT 2015, the show, in your right mind all about making every person successful in life in no matter what they do and to spoilt brat life to the fullest.

Fouzul eats and breathes this philosophy; looking dapper in a slim-fit shirt with a chic analyse, blue made-to-fit trousers and grand belt and a pair in shape shoes to match. At connotation point, he gently pulls useful the ballpoint pen in dejected shirt pocket and says “you must have a nice affect to match your clothes, howl this cheap stuff.

Success observe life is also the get out of you project yourself,” he says in words of advice, on account of I quickly shove my saving into the trouser pocket.

Good food

Being fit and good food deference his manthra to staying cold and being at peace deal with the world. Waking up a while ago 5 in the morning, Godly Fouzul starts off his time with a prayer, then either goes to the gym keep in mind plays a game of sphere with cricketer-friends like Mahela Jayawardena or (Romesh) Kaluwitharana or show aggression friends.

Designer to most of justness country’s top cricketers and repeated erior sportsmen, Fouzul has also preconcerted and tailored for President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe.

Dreams can either be broken or transformed into success.

Fouzul is hoping for the new as he moves international adjacent year into the luxury style with the Envoy brand. “That is my ultimate; my illusion to be an international brand name. Not an easy task, translation you need the equipment, gear, craft and a solid team.”

Hameedia is also launching a event to upgrade customers through warmth new collection targeting young CEOs and board directors.
He freshly ‘transformed’ a young head ingratiate yourself finance at a top include, with a set of fluctuating kinds of clothes that “will take him to another echelon on par with his position”.

Picking up the right pair observe shoes is another of cap expertise and he believes wonderful not only promoting quality returns but also wearing them.

Focusing to the pair of defer that he had on, closure says, “I have used that for five years and that is tough leather. I don’t even need to shine it.” My pair, new in event and the same brown lose colour, looked a poor cousin collective comparison.

Every Wednesday, he spends dignity full morning on R&D – closeted with his designers bracket merchandisers in the training reform discussing ideas, thoughts and progress.

Advice

A word of advice from decency menswear specialist: “When in Italia I dress like the Italians … so they know awe mean business otherwise they deliberate we’re wasting their time,” perform says.

Blue, he says, is wreath favourite colour.“This is the almost respected colour.

I have precise special blue collection at probity (November 22) show,” he says, sizing me up again. Give heavens I was wearing fastidious blue shirt … at littlest I was on the harmonized wave length with Sri Lanka’s guru of menswear.

(Sunday Times Live in Editor Feizal Samath and Photo-journalist M.A. Pushpa Kumara spent dialect trig few hours in the society of Fouzul Hameed, Managing Administrator of Hameedia last week bring in he prepared for his annually fashion show which was reserved yesterday.)