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The story of “Inkanda Fashion House” Rwanda’s oldest fashion house by Patrick Muhire.

By RWANDAMART 3:24 869 views on YouTube Jan 24, 2022

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Shop Inkanda House's products ➡️https://rwandamart.rw/store/inkanda-house/ Call for inquiries: +250 791 345 390 📌 Shop the best products & services in Rwanda 🛒 https://rwandamart.rw/ 📍 Don't forget to subscribe to our channel to never miss any of our videos! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Muhire is the founder and CEO of Inkanda Fashion house, a Made-In Rwanda fashion house that specializes in Prêt- à-Porter for men and women. A business management major at university, Patrick’s introduction to Fashion was nothing other than fate. “My sister was to get married and we looked around and couldn’t get someone to dress us,'' Patrick said. Two weeks to the wedding Patrick decided to get hands-on and started making wedding garments for her sister’s wedding. “ I made some designs, hired two tailors, and we did everything. Two days after the wedding, I started receiving clients asking me to make their wedding garments, and that’s how Inkanda Fashion House was born” Patrick added. Inkanda Fashion House was established in 2009 to create quality Made-in-Rwanda garments. 13 years later, Patrick is happy that Rwandans are now wearing Made-in-Rwanda clothes with pride and recognizes the efforts of the Government of Rwanda to help them change people’s mindset about Made-In-Rwanda Products. Patrick’s biggest challenge was the people around him. “When I started all my friends and all the people I met used to tell me…after all the years you spent at the university, how come you are now into needles and threads. This is cheap” Patrick said. But Patrick’s vision for fashion in Rwanda was unshakable and his fashion house still stands amongst Rwanda’s top fashion houses. Many businesses come and go when asked his secret to stay in business for so long. Patrick smiled and responded, “Consistency!” He adds that making money is never his priority but satisfying the client has and will always be his prio

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