“I don't speak for myself
my clothes speak for themselves.”

Q: When did your label BeGe's start?
A: I launched my label in 1987 in Liberty Market where Cynosure is situated these days.

Q: What is the significance of BeGe's?
A: BeGe is a village name; a name of love and respect. It was my pet name. I was always addressed as BeGe that is why I sticked with it. I was BeGe first and Najeeba Zulfiqar afterwards.

Q: What was your source of your inspiration?
A: I was not that educated to work in an office or get a technical job. I just did my matric that is why I started a thing which I thought I am good at.

Q: What is most important for becoming a designer?
A: The most important prerequisite for a designer is his “eye”. A designer must have an eye for the colour, cut and style. Besides that the aesthetics sense of the designer should be well developed and mature.

Q: What motivated you to start designing and why you started designing?
A: The thing which motivated me was money for my daughter. Inspiration came from God and the things which he created because I love nature and I draw my inspiration from nature, plants, birds, and animals.

Q: What was your target market when you started designing or which particular age group are you most comfortable while designing?
A: When I started designing fashion was not very common. My clothes were too fashionable for that time that is why sometimes they seemed weird to the people. The acceptance level was quite low in 1987 and fashion was only for 5% of the total population.

Q: When did you get yourself establish country-wide?
A: I was designing for Zeba Bakhtiyar and Adnan Sami way back in 1991. At that time two film were launched, One was “Hina” which was an Indian film and other was “Sargam” which was a Pakistani movie. These movies made BeGe a house hold name in Pakistan. I also got the national award in 1994.