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LEFT Hussain van Roos;
he admires the repurposed
design of the Wald floor
lamp; he’s a fan of Stührling
watches; Hussain favours
Punk & Ivy clothing; his
MVMT rose-gold and leather
wristwatch helps him keep
time; Carhartt is his cap of
choice; he loves the retro
sound of music played on
a Wren HiFi M1 Console
Stereo; what better way to
get about than on a ‘fixie’;
a G-Star Raw denim Bomber
Cressant Jacket completes
any look.
For this Jozi-born biking enthusiast, the joy of design comes
from its unpredictability
TEXT KIM GARNER PHOTOGRAPHS MARC SHOUL (PORTRAIT), WAYNE MITCHELL, SUPPLIED
hussain van roos
ussain van Roos, co-founder of the
Soweto cycling company (and social
movement) Fixin Diaries, starts his
day off with a prayer to the ‘powers that be’
and a filter coffee with honey. ‘Stay away
from sugar – it’s the devil,’ he laughs.
After a friend introduced him to recycling
and refurbishing he fell in love with it and
now spends his time giving life to old things:
bikes, furniture and clothing. The one item
he believes everyone should own is a bonsai
because it teaches patience and ‘carries
a magnetic force that grounds people’.
His style is flexible. ‘It depends on where
I’m going and what I’ll be doing there. It’s
unpredictable, transitioning from preppy
and arty into sophisticated and, at times,
simple,’ he says.
When Hussain travels, he misses the
‘mini cities within the city’ element of
Joburg. ‘We have our little Chinatown in
Cyrildene and Fordsburg for all the flavours
of India,’ he notes, but eventually he’d love
to visit Sweden for the eye candy: ‘The
design there is insane.’ fixindiaries.co.za,
x hussainvanroos
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