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10 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesBy Wedaeli ChibelushiBBC NewsLaduma Ngxokolo can pinpoint the exact moment he became a man - and how it inspired his unique sense of fashion.

In 2004, he spent a month in the wilderness with a troop of young men from his community - all part of a coming-of-age ritual traditionally observed by South Africa's Xhosa ethnic group.

As per the tradition, Ngxokolo and his fellow initiates were supposed to re-enter society with fresh clothes after their month away.

"It was a British-style, gentleman type of look. So your typical look would be a hunter cap or a hat and a jacket," Ngxokolo tells the BBC.

But Ngxokolo decided to fashion his own outfits from scratch, ones more reflective of Xhosa culture.

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