MaXhosa, a South African brand by Laduma Ngxokolo is steadily expanding its global reach, a development that fills the designer with immense excitement.
The store recently opened a new shop in New York in February, the brand has also been part of the New York fashion show.
Recently, former first lady of the United States, Michelle Obama shared a picture of herself wearing a MaXhosa SS23 collection dress, reposting on X (the app formerly known as Twitter), Laduma wrote in his caption, “This dress is from our @MaXhosaAfrica ‘ALKEBULAN’ SS23 collection, never thought it would go this far.”
This dress is from our @MaXhosaAfrica ‘ALKEBULAN’ SS23 collection, never thought it would go this far ???? https://t.co/jgcmn701wd
— Laduma Ngxokolo (@LadumaNgxokolo) April 17, 2024
This is not the only time Michelle has been spotted wearing a MaXhosa dress, last year she was seen wearing a MaXhosa Alkebulan Showstopper dress from their AW/SS22 collection while in the country.
X users took to the comment section and wrote:
Quality product will always surpass expectations when it comes to projections. This is a gorgeous garment, and I love your work @LadumaNgxokolo ! ??
— Thee K-Mass (@_KaraboMasemola) April 18, 2024
Like the name of the book “The Light we carry” great job @MaXhosaAfrica continue to be the light
— Richard Mantu (@Richardmantu) April 18, 2024
I love this for SA brands ❤️????
— Khanyisile Jamani (@Jamani_Khanyi) April 18, 2024
Another X user wrote:
You’re a definition of “amaphupho ayafezeka”
Ntinga Ntaka ??
— SADA SAYIFUMANA (@SadaSayifumana) April 17, 2024
The rest of the comments were congratulatory messages and well wishes to the father of one.
Also see: Laduma Ngxokolo of MaXhosa welcomes his first child
