The Trendsetter: Anceztaz Clothing Company
Bringing Meaning to Our Clothing
When it comes to fashion, people tend to wear various labels just because a celebrity was spotted with it or because a logo looks cool, but no one stops to think about why the particular clothing line was created. Does the label have any significance outside of making a product that is most popular to the people just to make a profit? Does any of our clothing actually have meaning? The new up and coming line “Anceztaz” is proving to the fashion world that it does.
Hampton, Virginia native Tanzania Bridgett created Anceztaz Clothing Line pronounced, “ancestors.” The clothing was created to provide people of all races, sex, and creed with fashionable clothing as well as informative, meaningful messages and history about oneself. The line consists of t-shirts, sweatshirts, hats and hoodies. To date the logo is the backbone of the garments with a combination of the letters in the word “Anceztaz.” Although the logo appears on most of the clothing, the line is about to be taken to another level. The various clothing will soon have pictures of the ancestors from different backgrounds also included will be a message or quote from that particular figure. Bridgett plans to go by the calendar on which ancestor she will feature next. For example, come Saint Patrick’s Day in the month of March, Anzceztaz Clothing Line will release clothing with an ancestor from Irish decent. A unique factor to the clothing line is the establishment date. As we see in many other lines they have the “Est.” and the particular year it was created. Anceztaz’s was established B.C- A.D (before Christ and Anno Domini). The establishment is B.C- A.D instead of 09’, when the clothing line was actually created is because it is said to cover a time frame of eternity and the ancestors will always exist throughout eternity.
Bridgett originally came up with the concept of her clothing line while still in high school, but officially released the line in July 2009 while attending Howard University in Washington, DC. The sole purpose of her line is to educate any and everyone on their different cultural backgrounds while dressing them in stylish threads. “Unfortunately, many people do not know much about their culture,” says Bridgett. Therefore, this is my opportunity to inform while incorporating my love for fashion too.”
Of course with the purpose of the clothing being so detailed and intense, it requires a lot of research and studying on Tanzania Bridgett and the “Anceztaz” team’s part. Each person must sit down and actually teach themselves about the various cultures they want to incorporate into the line. So not only is the fashion team creating designs, but they are putting in the time and effort to really educate themselves about their pieces so they can then educate their customers.
Anceztaz Clothing Line can be viewed on the websites and then a personal order can be placed by Tanzania herself. She expects to expand the line as early as 2010 by incorporating different elements of clothing such as polos’, cardigans, sweaters, and jeans for both men and women. Bridgett plans with the coming years to have her own stores in 5 major cities including her hometown of Hampton where it all started.
Anceztaz is on the verge of breaking into the fashion industry but more importantly is on their path to educating people about their history. Its time that we understand exactly why we do the things that we do. Whether it is the music we listen to or the clothes that we wear. Informing ourselves on the items that we put our precious dollars into is just as essential as the latest musthaves for the winter season.
Anceztaz’s mission is “to pay homage to the spiritual threads sewn into the fabric of our existence.” For more information on Anceztaz Clothing Company, visit anceztaz.blogspot.com or anceztazclothing.tumblr.com.
Kiera Manison
Fashion Editor
The Urban Feed
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