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Bibi Russel

Fashion Designer

 

Childhood

I spent my childhood in Bangladesh. Old town was the place where I was born and grew up.  A vast area of my past is occupied by days of old  Dhaka. Afterwards our family got  shifted to Gulshan. My parents helped me know the world outside. They accompanied me everywhere. That does not  mean  I had no independence in movement. In my childhood I met many famous persons which helped me build up my personality.  

 

Education : 

 

My early education was completed in Bangla medium in Kamrunnisa School. Then I did my intermediate in Home Economics College. The main education that built me up as a fashion designer is graduation in Fashion Designing from  London College of Fashion in England 

 

How I started my career

 

Since the very childhood I was interested in creative works like weaving, knitting etc. With the passage of time I grew  up and  began to think about studying on this  type of subjects.  I began with  modeling and  it brought me a lot of popularity. Throughout my life  I have worked with a huge number of famous designers. While studying abroad I got opportunities to work as a model which I avail myself of.  My experience as a model helped me to a great extent to rise as a designer.

 

 

Support of my family

 

I live with my mother. I have two sons.  The name of my husband was Russel and he is now  divorced. Those of my family who really know me, will never try to prevent me form  my profession. Another thing is that,  I bother very little for what are  others thinking of  me and my works . I do not pay attention to criticisms. My parents appreciated my  works. They taught me  to neglect those criticisms. I know what I do is difficult. I also know how to overcome those barriers.  

 

 

Reaction of my husband

 

My husband never tried to stop me as he knew that nothing can stand on the way to my work.

 

Ups and downs in career

 

Of course there are ups and downs in what I am doing. It is a challenging  profession. I have just started and I know I have to face many difficulties. I am going on with my endeavor for  twenty years always trying  to keep in good strength so that  I do not have to lag behind. I am never occupied with satisfaction or dissatisfaction. No matter if  I fail or  succeed today; I will surely begin another day tomorrow with new hopes.  

 

My workplace

 

Everyplace I move about is my workplace. Where I stay, where I go,  Where I sleep -all include my workplace. I go to  villages, I go abroad, I work in Dhaka and these all are my workplaces. My office is in Motijheel in Dhaka. But I move about. Here, in my office, I decorate everything according to my choice. I arrange my workplace as I like it. In my office you will see touches of  my sense of  beauty and design. I always prefer country-made things and in my office you will see the evidence of it. 

 

Treatment to women in my workplace

 

I have a team that work with me. I do not think them  to be my subordinates.  They are my comrades. It is  true that  I am the  founder of Bibi Productions . As I take this farm to be mine, they also  think it  to be theirs. There are many  women working in my team. I don't treat them according to gender. Rather  they  are treated equally. They are paid as per how much they do.  

 

Possible reaction to any prohibition

 

Impossible ! I can't think that any prohibition may arise from my family. From my childhood my parents sustained my choice. So, there is no possibility that my mother (father is dead) will restrain me. 

 

How I adjust my time 

 

I am almost always busy with my works of fashion designing and  the  movement of the revival of handloom  products. But  it does  not mean that I  neglect my household works. I do  as much as I get time to do. Sometimes I cook special dishes for my sons if they  desire to have  any. If  any need appears, I do anything for my family  quickly.

 

Problems I faced as a woman

 

No, I don't think I face many problems as a women. What I underwent and still undergo is as a human being . I sometimes just fail to convey the necessity of  rescuing  the  hand-loom worker community from extinction. I cannot make people feel the sincerity I feel for grassroots-level people . Not that I never face problems as a women. I know where problems waits for a woman. I just avoid those places. My main concern  is grambangla (rural Bangladesh). I never face any problem there.  I always try to avoid the sequences that might create embarrassment or  inconvenience for me. In Bangladesh I avoid dresses  I used to wear  in London as I know the difference of two cultures.  

 

As a member of the society 

 

What I  believe is that firstly I am a human being . Secondly  I am a member of the  society . As a member of the society I cherish one thing in mind . That is we have to hold high our national identity. We cannot brush aside our national heritage, we cannot grasp other cultures at the cost of our cultural heritage. We fought in 1971 to rescue our identity and in 1952 to save our language. There is not a second nation in the world that fought for language and culture what we did. Now we are not supposed to abandon that heritage today. 

 

As a woman 

 

I am a woman working for myself a well as for the society. But I don't think there is difference between men and women. I don't expect a red carpet reception only because I am a women. Special treatment  for women is not necessary when a vast portion of our population are unemployed. If women are to come forward. Let them come  by dint  of capability, not by privilege. I can prove by my ability that a woman is no less than a man. I do not take a task to be impossible for me only because I am a women. Women have to always think positively  that they are  human beings as much as a man and can do what is possible for a man. Other than some minor physical differences, I do not differentiate between a man and a women. We have many social bindings what are being overcome day-by-day. Even village women are advancing. 

 

For women I will say, hold high your ideal and your confidence, overcome barriers which are normal to appear. 

 


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