Xita (brand)

Xita (One Rapelana)
Tsalo	2015 (hobby), company by 2018
Thuto	Business Science (Marketing & Management), Monash South Africa
O itsegi ka	Recycled T-shirts; faux & leather remnants; brass
Style	Bold, sculptural, wearable art expressing identity & sustainability
O fetheletse	Youth Development Fund; Women business expos

Xita (e e kwadilweng jaaka Xita) ke letshwaokgwebo la ditlaleletsi le mabenyane le le tlhomilweng ke One Rapelana ka 2015. Ke motlhami yo o ithutileng yo o nang le lemorago la go maketa le botsamaisi, yo o neng

a fetola tiro ya gagwe ya go itlosa boduto go nna kgwebo ka 2018, mme a amogelwa ka ditlhamo tsa gagwe tse di bopelokgale, tse di tswelelang pele le tse di tlhotlhelediwang ke kanelo.

Botshelo jwa ntlha le go tlhamiwa ga letshwaokgwebo

Rapelana mongwe o ne a aloga kwa Monash South ka dikirii ya Saense ya Kgwebo mo go tsa Papatso le Botsamaisi. Fa tiro ya gagwe ya go ithuta tiro e ne e fela ka 2014, o ne a simolola go dira diteko tsa go tlhaola diaparo tsa bogologolo ka botlhale le go dirisa dilo tse di jaaka dikhipha le di-CD gape go nna dithamo tse di dirilweng ka diatla. Letshwaokgwebo la boitlhamedi la Xita le ne la tlhotlhelediwa ke kamano ya letlha la gagwe la matsalo le Saint Zita, moragonyana le ne la fetolwa go nna Xita ka 2025.

Phetogo ya letshwaokgwebo le mekgwa ya go tlhama

Kwa tshimologong a ne a dira ka matsela a dikhipha a a dirisitsweng gape, Rapelana o ne a atolosa didirisiwa tsa gagwe go akaretsa letlalo la maitirelo, di-offcut tsa letlalo la mmatota le kopore. Kgatelopele e e bontsha boineelo jwa gagwe mo go tswelediseng le mo mekgweng ya tlhagiso e e nang le maitsholo a a siameng.

Tiro ya gagwe e bontshitswe kwa mafelong a feshene le a go tlhama a a tshwanang le AFI Joburg Fashion Week (2018), Pontsho ya Botlhami ya Lima (2020–2021), makasine wa Glamour SA, le dipontsho tsa Feshene tsa Aforika tsa Musiamo wa Brooklyn kwa New York (2023).

Temogo le khuetso

Rapelana o amogetswe jaaka rakgwebo yo o fentseng diawate, yo o amogetseng dikakgolo kwa meletlong ya Letsatsi la tautona ya kgaolo le kwa Dipontshong tsa Bosetšhaba tsa Kgwebo ya Basadi. Kgwebo ya gagwe gape e ne ya solegelwa molemo ke tshegetso ya puso mme ya bona kabelo/kadimo ya Letlole la Tlhabololo ya Banana kwa tshimologong ya tiro ya gagwe.

Filosofi ya go tlhama le kanelo

Ditlhamo tsa ga Xita gantsi di tlhalosiwa e le “botaki jo bo aparwang,” jo bo kopanyang jometeri e e bogale le go anela dikgang. Tiro ya pele e ne e dirisa diseramiki le matsela a a kgaogantsweng, fa dikokoanyo tsa bošeng jaana di na le metswako ya kopore le letlalo la jometeri, bogolosegolo mo dikarolong tse di jaaka di-neckpiece le dibaga.

Filosofi ya gagwe ya go tlhama e akaretsa botho, go itsetsepela le go itlhalosa go laletsa ba ba aparang go golagana le karolo nngwe le nngwe jaaka sesupo sa boitshupo le loeto.