Archive for July, 2011

Letter to Michelle Obama

I sent the letter this week – it’s a long shot but I thought worth a try! Here’s a picture of The First Lady in ASOS Africa and the letter I sent to her… Dear First Lady Michelle Obama, I am writing to you from SOKO in Kenya. We are the small production unit that [...]

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ASOS AW11

Despite it being the height of summer in Britain the fashion world has already started thinking about Autumn Winter collections. So SOKO has begun production on AW11 collection of the ever popular ASOS Africa – and it looks fantastic! This season the collection has been built around a gorgeous print bought in Mombasa and includes [...]

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Lalesso SS12 press samples

There is a buzz of excitement at SOKO right now because the brand new Lalesso collection has been unveiled to us! We have received the new patterns, fabrics and specification sheets for the Spring/Summer 2012 collection and everything looks beautiful. The collection this season has been inspired by contemporary Africa, it combines the old and [...]

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Meet Carol…

Carol is our QC (Quality Control) manager and since she joined SOKO right at the very beginning, all the way back in December 2009, she has gone from strength to strength. When Carol joined SOKO she knew basic QC – how to make sure threads on garments were trimmed and garments looked neat – but since joining [...]

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