A clothing store in the Halifax area is serving as the region’s destination for South East Asian fashions.
The name of the store, Khush Mizaj, means “light-hearted, happy feelings.”
“The brand, why it’s named Khush Mizaj, is that you should be happy and confident about yourself when you wear clothing and such,” said Sudha Arjun, with Khush Mizaj Clothing & Accessories. “So, that’s how we came up with the name.”
According to Arjun, when the brand was started, there was no South East Asian clothing that did custom clothing in Nova Scotia or Atlantic Canada as a whole.
“When we moved here right after COVID, it was our festival time and I’m a big shopaholic,” said Arjun. “So, I told my husband I need to buy some traditional clothes because… for our Festival of Lights, we always buy new clothes.”
That’s when Arjun and her family …