Episode 42: Neng Kho Razali

Hello, friends! March is approaching and how fast 2024 flies, right?
But the BAB pod doesn't slam on the brake pedal! Here's an episode 42, where I have invited Sarawak's own fashion designer and who has been in the scene for almost a decade, Neng Kho Razali. Using her name as her brand (coughs as barryanakbarim is also a brand :p), "Neng Kho Razali" has appeared in Sarawak's fashion scenes and Rainforest World Music Festival, Neng, as comfortably called as, is now growing and aspiring to become one of Sarawak's household names in fashion.
Join Neng and I as we have talked about an experience that opened her horizon as a fashion designer in 2016, how GrabFood has approached her for a community-based project during the pandemic and how tough the life of an entrepreneur is.
Follow Neng on Instagram @neng.kho.razali & @neng.nkr
- Nine AM was still early during our twenties.
- Night walks and K-Drama are the best.
- "Life begins at 40?"
- Made peace with my past and mistakes.
- In my 20s, I spent a lot to keep up with my lifestyle.
- What people's perspective about me talks about who they are.
- "Comparisons and expectations are thieves of joy."
- My fashion designing journey started in the year 2016. I was approached by a cancer patient for head accessories.
- I used tailor's leftover to start and run a turban business.
- NKR was treated seriously as a business identity in 2020.
- I ventured into corporate gifts, started since 2023.
- Networking and communication is important as a designer and entrepreneur.
- How do you people-manage as a business owner?
- I place people in departments based on their fortes and strengths.
- I contemplate on my life decisions until today.
- Giving GrabFood bags to new life through upcycling in 2020 during the pandemic.
- I don't really listen to advice, unless it's from my family members.
- We need healthy ecosystem for the fashion scene to grow in Sarawak.
- I try to incorporate local motives as the identity of NKR.
- I watch K-dramas as my inspiration
- There's no formula in creating patterns.
- My life changes 180-degrees from a 9-5 job to now as a business owner.
- I'm thankful that my parents are very understanding.
- 2024 is about NKR working along with the Education Ministry.
- I hope I could knock on someone's heart and aspire anyone out there to become a fashion designer.