UDavid Neville kunye noMarcus Wainwright werag kunye nethambo(Ifoto: UJason Blake kuMqwalaseli). I-duo ngasemva kwesigqubuthelo kunye nethambo, uDavid Neville kunye noMarcus Wainwright, babonakala ngathi sisibini esingenasiphoso. Ngaphakathi kwii-ofisi zabo ekwabelwana ngazo kwi-HQ yohlobo, iidesika zabo bezihleli-ecaleni, apho uNeville ajongana nokuphela kweshishini lezinto kwaye uWainwright ejongene nokuyila. Babengabahlobo ukusukela ngeentsuku zabo zokubhoda esikolweni eNgilane kwaye ngexesha lodliwanondlebe nabezindaba, banotyekelo lokugqibezelana izivakalisi.
Nangona kunjalo, obu budlelwane bubonakala bugqibelele buza kuphela namhlanje, njengoko uNeville ebhengeze iinjongo zakhe zokuyeka isikhundla sakhe njenge-co-CEO, ngokuka Ishishini leFashoni . Uza kuyeka imisebenzi yakhe yemihla ngemihla, kodwa uya kugcina amaqhina kulwalamano awayelufumene kwiminyaka eli-14 eyadlulayo, nanjengoko engomnye wabanini zabelo abakhulu kwi-rag & bone. Uceba nokucoca isihlalo sakhe kwibhodi yabalawuli yenkampani.
Emva kokumka kwakhe, uNeville uza kwahlula ixesha lakhe kwiiprojekthi ezintsha. Uya kunceda umfazi wakhe uGucci Westman, igcisa lokuzenzela le fashoni, kunye nokwazisa ngobuhle bakhe kunye nomgca wolusu. Ukwafuna ukukhuthaza ukukhula kweemveliso ezivelayo, ezifanayo nezo zenziwa nguAndrew Rosen werag & bone xa waba ngomnye wabatyali mali bokuqala belebheli ngo-2006. Emva phaya, inkampani yayiqulethwe ngabantu ababini kuphela, uNeville kunye Wainwright. Namhlanje iqeshe abantu abangaphezu kwama-300 kwaye igcina iivenkile ezingama-22. 
Amakhwenkwe akwiofisi yawo(Ifoto: UJason Blake kuMqwalaseli).
NgoJulayi ophelileyo, uNeville uxelele uMbonisi: Abantu bathe kuthi, ‘Ukhule ngokukhawuleza okukhulu.’ Siqhube kakuhle, kodwa ndicinga ukuba sivakalelwa ngathi silinganisiwe. Ngaxa lithile ngexesha, yayingathi sobabini sihleli egumbini, singenayo neofisi. Kodwa ndicinga ukuba sihlala sisazi ukuba sifuna ukufezekisa into enkulu.
UWainwright uya kuhlala kwindima yakhe yokuyila, ekwaquka ukuthengisa kunye noyilo lwelebheli. Njengoko i-brand iqala ukutshintsha ukugxila kwabo kwi-wholesale ukuya ngqo-kubathengi, oku kuyakuba lixesha elibalulekileyo kukhetho lweshishini lwe-rag & bone. Ngelixa kucacile ukuba uNeville kunye noWainwright benze uphawu olungelulo kuphela olukhulu, kodwa luyafana neNew York, kuphela lixesha elizayo eliza kuxela ubungakanani bomdaka kunye nethambo eliya kuhlala, ngaphandle kwesiqingatha samalungu asisiseko.
