Candy Clothing

Mugara Maguga is originally from Limpopo, but is studying graphic designing at Cape Peninsula University Of Technology in Cape Town.

It was not his first option, which would have been architecture but because he got rejected and skills in design, he went for graphic designing. He describes fashion as any stylish thing someone puts on, because when you put it on, you are telling a story about who you are as a person through what you wear. " It's not all about matching, it might be different colors and at the end of the day you know that's what you like" says Maguga. Through how people dress, you can tell the type of character they have.

He has always been into art and states that it's candy for your eyes. That is when he came up with the name of his brand Candy Clothing. It is simple to pronounce and the work that he will be doing is simple but complex at the same time. By the time he was in grade 7, he wanted to start his own clothing brand, but did not pursue it until this year 2017.
What inspired Mugara, was the time he on Mtv Base where he saw the founder of Galaxy Boy that had an Ad there, talking about his life story. The founder said that he was able to make his first million, without having to submit a cv and applying for a job and Maguga figured that if he could do that then it was possible to follow what he really wanted to do.

He was shocked by the response to Candy Clothing, saying that people believed more in it than what he did. To him it's just something he enjoys doing even if it doesn't pay out at the end of the day, he'll still enjoy doing it. T-shirts are the baseline of designing or having your own brand he says, but Mugara is over that stage and moved on to making jackets, wind breakers,hoodies, caps and in the next few months he is planning to launch shorts as well including tracksuits. He is lucky, as he has a roommate that is also in to fashion and two months his roommate bought a sewing machine and Mugara also learnt how to cut patterns and design most things in a months period. Together they were able to launch Candy Clothing and do all their products.

Most of his clothing is unisex, because of  both genders that wear anything these days. As a fashion designer his has five main brands that means a lot to him which are, Galaxy Boy, Bambata known as Petrol and Milk, and internationally it would be Silk Silk and Illusive London. Georgia Imani was his motivation. Trendy people are his target audience, as they go out a lot and his brand his all about going out and having a good time. People that are onto the trend, know the latest thing, understand fashion more and do their research.

In the next 5 years he wants to help other creatives back in his home town, where they don't have alot of scouts or people who will be able to help feed them knowlege about these skills. His goal is to openm a company that would sign young kids to be able to do creativity, whether it be media, music or fashion. To support them financially to buy the necessary equipment.

Contact Mugara Mugagu

Instagram: candy_clothing_sa
Facebook: candyclothingsa
or call on 0713719021


By: Michaela Muller