FROM ESHOWE TO A BOUTIQUE IN NEW JERSEY

Buhle Mkhize (28) is from Eshowe, KZN, and lives in America where she is a a fashion / beauty consultant, and owner of a high-end boutique. She was born in Eshowe and raised in Gezinsila. Her mother passed away when she was 12 years old. As her father’s job, as a bakery driver, saw him working long hours, she moved to friends in Durban, where she met Adele Finger in high school and moved in with her family. After Matric, Buhle became an au pair in Amsterdam and then moved to London with the same family. Next she au paired in the USA, living with three families in one year. During this time she met people who invited her to fashion shows and she started working in the fashion industry. Today she runs a fashion boutique called Lime Boutique in Lambertville, New Jersey, and writes for fashion magazines.