I started sewing in COVID as a hobby, I would collect old table cloths, paint them and then sew them into hats for fun. I started sharing what I was doing on my instagram and suddenly I started to get people asking for custom hat orders.  

I officially started Bambalam in 2021. But before I was selling dungarees, I started off as a small hand-painted hat business in 2020.

This blue hat was the first one I ever made.

People just kept ordering more and more of my hats. I painted everything and anything anyone asked for. Whether it was suns, mushrooms, boobs, plants, you name it and I painted it.

I have always loved dungarees, and I think it is super cool to put art onto clothing. After selling some hats, I made enough money to get some fabric that I designed printed. I cut the fabric up myself and did a terrible job at sewing it into a dungaree.

But I shared what I was doing and people were interested. I started to get a feeling that I actually wanted to start making something real out of this. I found someone in Cape Town to sew a sample for me. I did a photoshoot outside of my house with my room mates, I put it out to the few people I had following me to see who would want to order. I was then able to place my first order of 10 dungarees, and that’s how the ‘All Day Breakfast’ dungaree was born.

1. Everything is made in Cape Town.

We believe in supporting local. 

2. An important part of Bambalam is about creating as little waste as possible. We keep all our scraps & them into something. (Shoutout to our backgammon boards for being the ultimate scrap fabric product).

3. We want everyone to feel happy, comfortable and included. Our clothing is for everybody ❤️