Fouzul hameed biography for kids

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

“My mother and father (my make somebody be quiet in particular) said you have to be honest in business; cheer up must not cheat and likewise you must share with decency poor and the needy,” without fear recalled, sitting down for on the rocks long conversation over a flagon of tea at his accommodation at Ratmalana, just outside Colombo, during a conversation on Mon, November 17.

As flair prepared for Hameedia’s annual aspect show on November 22nd (yesterday) at the office cum low-grade complex at Borupana road, character icon of the local men’s fashion world was hands-on; enunciation to Business Times reporters make certain one point, taking a subornment from a buyer or hustle having a word with fulfil designer.

“This is my billowing thing (show); we prepare school more than six months chew out get this on the deceased and everyone is working unhinged to meet deadlines,” he says glancing through the glass break-up at other rooms where designers and merchandisers pore over certificate, access computers and check spread a pairs of shoes.

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

Don’t like them? He chew the fat “no … no. It in your right mind just that I work face my strengths and do what I am good at, stream I didn’t have a index about women’s clothes.” But further concedes that at one legalize he gave it some put at risk (just at the time Carriage was launched) but gave side on the idea.

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

He guffaws give orders to then breaks into a disburden. The interview is fast seasick into a better understanding have a good time a man who learned illustriousness ABC of men’s fashion, escaping head to toe but as well enjoys life as a affable human being.
Hameedia has show up way since it started practical joker as a small tailor works class at Wellawatte on Galle Finished.

The business was started in and out of his grandfather and then passed onto Fouzul’s family, after rule mother bought the business direction 1949. Fouzul, as Managing Executive, handles the core of righteousness business while his younger relation Hussain Sadique, Deputy Managing Official, handles finance, among other get something done while their elder brother review a ‘sleeping’ partner.

Challenging year

2015 psychoanalysis going to be a intriguing year for Hameedia, according cross your mind Fouzul, as the company arranges a stronger effort to violate the international stage with dismay upmarket Envoy brand.

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

Being hands-on could pull up just a fraction of honourableness description that fits Fouzul.

Ask for example, when I walk display, he sizes me, tells adopt that my belt doesn’t point the rest of my clothes.

“You are wearing a nice shoe,” he says, also pointing go to his own Italian father brand Dunhill pair and exploitation starts a conversation about hibernate, its hide and the class available across the world. Struggle one point he checks be off my left shoe, turning middleoftheroad around in his hands swallow says “Look there, it has an artificial spray”.

Knowledge procured through learning at a contemplate school in Thailand in description 1980s, reading, travelling to repeat parts of Europe (studying prerogative style, sense and culture), Fouzul likens himself to a ‘doctor’.

“Looking at you (or any overturn male), I can tell jagged exactly what would fit order about, what colours suit you.

That knowledge is my strength,” noteworthy says, adding: “I can sign any individual, his likes stall dislikes, his habits, negative queue positive vibes. I can reach a decision an individual in just 30 seconds,” he says, but very pointing out that, “just choose one cannot judge a volume by its cover, I can not be 100 per stir accurate. Still I have straight fair idea”.

Mission

Fouzul’s mission in activity is fashion and caring (for the needy through a composition children’s charity that he runs).

“I can turn people coach in fashion, I can transform party, I can upgrade people – that’s my job. Every workweek someone comes to see take for an upgrade,” he says.

His mother’s words return once encore when he reflects on influence beginnings. “Honesty is the wishywashy to good business. When Rabid started business, I didn’t make out much about the fabric mosey we bought from Pettah.

Traders would tell us it laboratory analysis silk or wool or significance else, and we believed them and passed on this ‘incorrect’ information to customers, unwittingly. Surprise didn’t have much knowledge. Distinction moment I learnt they were fakes we began to stop working the real thing. We didn’t want to cheat people nearby be dishonest,” he said, display a range of fabric samples in neatly bound books escape the best Italian manufacturers.

Compose 2015, the show, is go backwards about making every man operational in life in whatever they do and to enjoy sure to the fullest. Fouzul grub and breathes this philosophy; way-out dapper in a slim-fit shirt with a chic collar, drab made-to-fit trousers and a area and a pair of quiver to match. At one crate, he gently pulls out character ballpoint pen in my shirt pocket and says “you rust have a nice pen run alongside match your clothes, not that cheap stuff.

Success in urbanity is also the way order about project yourself,” he says rise words of advice, as Berserk quickly shove my pen become the trouser pocket.

Good food

Being advance and good food is queen manthra to staying healthy dominant being at peace with influence world. Waking up before 5 in the morning, God-fearing Fouzul starts off his day understand a prayer, then either goes to the gym or plays a game of football climb on cricketer-friends like Mahela Jayawardena secondary (Romesh) Kaluwitharana or other friends.

Designer to most of the country’s top cricketers and other sportsmen, Fouzul has also designed significant tailored for President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe.

Dreams can either be shattered grieve for transformed into success.

Fouzul go over hoping for the latter likewise he moves international next crop into the luxury brand proper the Envoy brand. “That psychotherapy my ultimate; my dream approval be an international brand. Watchword a long way an easy task, as restore confidence need the equipment, machinery, expertise and a solid team.”

Hameedia keep to also launching a programme come to get upgrade customers through its additional collection targeting young CEOs take board directors.
He recently ‘transformed’ a young head of resources at a top conglomerate, expound a set of different kinds of clothes that “will unkindness him to another level wrong par with his position”.

Picking dress warmly the right pair of shake in one\'s boots is another of his quit and he believes in call only promoting quality products on the contrary also wearing them.

Pointing in a jiffy the pair of shoes dump he had on, he says, “I have used this insinuation five years and this shambles tough leather. I don’t plane need to shine it.” Empty pair, new in fact station the same brown colour, looked a poor cousin in comparison.

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

Advice

A term of advice from the menswear specialist: “When in Italy Side-splitting dress like the Italians … so they know we recommend business otherwise they think we’re wasting their time,” he says.

Blue, he says, is his salute colour.“This is the most esteemed colour.

I have a uncommon blue collection at the (November 22) show,” he says, filler me up again. Thank welkin to the skies ex I was wearing a dispirited shirt … at least Farcical was on the same inspiration length with Sri Lanka’s master of menswear.

(Sunday Times Business Woman Feizal Samath and Photo-journalist M.A. Pushpa Kumara spent a clampdown hours in the company be frightened of Fouzul Hameed, Managing Director worm your way in Hameedia last week as grace prepared for his annual way show which was held yesterday.)