Hafiz graduated from Singapore Polytechnic 9 months before we got married. He studied Business IT, dan disebabkan itu, part part duit Hafiz memang pandai. During his second year in poly, he shocked his friends with his tudung line, @dianshawls. Kenapa tudung? Selain dari nak provide muslimahs with quality and comforting shawls untuk tutup aurat, market wanita pun memang hebat. Mungkin sebab lumrah wanita tu lebih shopaholic dari lelaki.
I graduated from Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in 2010. I took Visual Communications and majored in Graphic Designs with Publication & Illustrations. So selok belok drawing, design, advertising dan photography, alhamdulillah saya dah belajar. I worked as a teacher at a Kindergarten for a while before I quit to focus on my passion. I started making bookmarks at first and created an instagram account - @raisaidham - in May 2013, just to sell them.
Dua dunia dan minat yang berbeza, tapi ada impian dan tujuan yang satu. Dari zaman secondary lagi, saya memang pernah berangan nak design dan jual baju. Rupanya, Hafiz pun tak pernah teringin nak kerja dekat office atau ada cita-cita yang lain. Dia memang berjiwa businessman sejak dari zaman azali lagi, hahaha.
Alhamdulillah semuanya saling mengisi. Kelebihan Hafiz adalah kelemahan saya, dan kelebihan saya adalah kelemahan Hafiz. Memang hebat Tuhan kita.
A few months before we got married, we planned to embark on this new journey. We built and drafted our first collection, and in 9 January 2016, @raisa.hafiz became the birth of our marriage.
Hafiz is automatically in charge of finance and all the businessy stuff (termasuk cari tukang jahit, liase dengan suppliers, trip planning, etc) while I became the self-proclaimed Art Director and Designer, managing the collection and look of our brand. Masing masing buat kerja based on our strengths, and it was an automatic decision.
Susunan dan aturan Allah tu cantik. Saya yakin, Allah jadikan kita dengan kelebihan dan kekurangan masing masing dengan penuh hikmah. Alhamdulillah, alhamdulillah, alhamdulillah.