- Veekee James emphasizes the importance of her roots in her fashion design journey.
- She attributes her success to God’s grace.
- During her appearance on The Nancy Isime Show, she shared a memorable childhood experience from growing up in Ajegunle.
Veekee James has said she will never deny her roots, emphasizing that her fashion design journey was a testimony of God’s grace.
Speaking on The Nancy Isime Show, Veekee reminisced about growing up in Ajegunle, sharing a childhood memory that has stayed with her.
She explained that she chose to talk about her background publicly after she and her husband, Femi Atere, faced backlash for posting a video online.
“The reason I told that story at the event where I went to speak publicly was because of the content that my husband and I posted on social media.
“The comments I got, I saw people on Twitter saying stuff like, ‘So you built your brand for five years, you know, you got this base where you’re making dresses for people with money and people with class. And then you just go and taint that class with that kind of classless video,” she said.
According to her, the backlash reminded her of how far she had come.
“It just brought me back to the fact that if it were by human power, I would not be where I am today. I’m here because God made it possible. I was just a girl who grew up without a father from the age of five. I had to walk my way up here.”
Veekee added that she cannot change her story to fit into society’s perception of ‘class’ and deny her background.
“We’re here because we started from somewhere. You know I cannot change, and now I try to be the girl who did not grow up in Ajegunle just to, you know, fit into that class that people want me to be. I’m never going to be that person. I’m always going to be me, and that’s why I’m Veekee James, I’m not any other fashion designer,” she said.
