Meet Christine & Christina Marcelus | Young Entrepreneurs for our clothing line XOTIC X.X.X””

We had the good fortune of connecting with Christine & Christina Marcelus and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Christine & Christina, what was your thought process behind starting your own business?
The thought process behind starting our own business started off as kids. Becoming our own bosses was something that we always wanted to do; whether it was becoming a doctor or whatever career path we chose, we just KNEW we wanted to be the face of our own company in general. Of course, growing up you’re indecisive on the person you want to become, but once we got older and came across fashion and saw kind of the influence we had in that particular field, it was definitely the starting point of our journey.

Can you open up a bit about your work and career? We’re big fans and we’d love for our community to learn more about your work.
Our brand was different from the beginning. From the way we carried ourselves, to the way we would produce our creativity and style into our clothes. It spoke volume, always. We are proud about everything we’ve ever done regarding our brand but, I think the thing we are proud of the most is our impact we’ve had on the people throughout our 3 years of being in business. People have been inspired by what we have done in so many ways and it brings joy to know that we have changed their lives for the better. Getting where we were today was not an easy process at all. Being a business owner things never get easier. There are many challenges that come with it but, over the years, as they say, “with knowledge comes power.” When obstacles come our way we literally PRAY every single time. When we don’t understand what’s going on, why do things seem to not be going our way, or even what step we should take next, we pray. That’s how we get through every hardship. We’ve learned so many things in our journey so far but, if there’s one thing that resonates with us it’s to NEVER give up. It doesn’t matter how things may look in the moment or even if you get knocked down; just make sure you get up and never lose sight of the goal. What we want the world to know about our brand and story is that we are not perfect and we have made many mistakes along the way and still have more to go but, we always love to show our brand in a raw and uncut way. We don’t want to make our journey look easy we just want it to look real so even if we have to switch things up a million times till we get it right, that’s what we’ll do. We would like people to know that change is ok, feeling discouraged is ok, and even wanting to give up is ok but that is what makes the process beautiful. It’s overcoming the parts you never thought you could.

Any places to eat or things to do that you can share with our readers? If they have a friend visiting town, what are some spots they could take them to?
We would most likely take them to do all the fun things we’ve done or wanted to do. We would definitely go out to eat at the finest places and get all dolled up (which we LOVE to do already). We would do fun activities like sky zone, area 53, nickelodeon universe etc. The thing we would also enjoy is going out to a good club/lounge where we can drink, have hookah and just have a night where we can kick back and enjoy ourselves.

Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?
Well, most importantly, God. None of this would be possible without prayer and faith. Uncle Patrick (we call him Bibi), our brand Ambassdor Rae, Ms. Hillary (who, since we reconnected has done nothing but spread positivity to us at the times we needed it most), our customers, etc. Everyone who’s ever purchased from us, shared our posts, even mentioned us from word of mouth, all of those people deserves some credit in our story. They are what has kept us going all this time.

Website: www.xotic.shop

Instagram: Twoofficial_ and Xotic_x.x.x

Facebook: Christine Lee & Christina Lee

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpc8QfHxxbZOi7fdv3qX0pg

Other: Our tik Tok is Twoofficial_twins