Tapiwa: Designer Of Ghetto Note

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FRANCISTOWN: Thirty-eight-year-old Tapiwa Chakalisa is not your average leather designer. She is a force to be reckoned with. The Nshakazhogwe dame is capable of producing a graphic product with leather.

Based at Passessor Boutique along St Patrick Street in the city, she spends most of her time in the design studio working wonders with leather for her clients. Fashion accessory, Chakalisa designs on daily basis, includes handbags, wallets, ties and belts.
Chakalisa also does leather product repairs.

"Since I'm good in art, I do some of the designs. But some of my clients come with a product so that I could make a replica of the product," says the mother of an eight year old girl.

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