Archive for Africa
My African adventure….
Karibu means welcome in Kiswahili, it’s a word I have heard a lot since I arrived in Kenya last week. My name’s Jennifer and this is my African adventure. For the last 3 years I have worked for fashion etailer ASOS.com. I began working on kidswear and then moved over to womenswear where I worked [...]
Read moreCelebratory Lunch
SOKO delivered Lalesso’s first Spring/Summer 2012 order last week. This order is for all Lalesso clients based in Australia and South Africa and their Resort orders. We are due to start production on their second order on Wednesday. To celebrate the completion of the first S/S12 order and to thank all of our 30 employees [...]
Read moreBeshlie McKelvie
Designer, Beshlie McKelvie collaborated with The Sophia Forum, the UK Chapter of the UNAIDS Global Coalition on Women and HIV, to create a collection in collaboration with SOKO. She sourced all the fabrics locally in Mombasa and spent a week here with us developing the collection. All profits go to The Sophia Forum for more [...]
Read moreMeet Mirriam…..
Mirriam is a SOKO employee and since joining the team in August 2010 she has become an assistant manager within her team. At the age of 15 Mirriam became pregnant with a boy who was two years above her in school, she had just started secondary school. Her parents really wanted her to finish her [...]
Read moreLetter 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 [...]
Read moreLalesso 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 [...]
Read moreSOKO loves SUNO
We are over the moon to be working with New York based fashion brand SUNO on their Autumn Winter 2011 collection. Here’s a bit about SUNO – It was formed in 2008 by Max Osterweis after more than a decade of collecting textiles in visits to Kenya. Their goal is to create quality and luxury [...]
Read moreSOKO works with MADE.
SOKO has recently teamed up with MADE, to produce kitenge and khanga pouches to put their jewellery in. This is fantastic opportunity for us as it means we can use up our fabric off cuts and give our trainee tailors more experience. MADE produce beautiful pieces of jewellery that are hand crafted in their workshop in Nairobi, with many components sourced [...]
Read moreMichelle Obama wears ASOS Africa!
Take a look at the photos of The First Lady wearing ASOS Africa‘s Spring Summer 2011 collection – made by SOKO!
Read moreMedical Assistance in Kenya
Recently a wife of one of our staff gave birth to a lovely baby boy. When the father, Joseph, returned from his two weeks paternity leave he very proudly told us that all of his wife’s medical fees had been paid for by the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) and he didn’t have to pay [...]
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