Archive for Africa
SOKO grows up!
Last week saw SOKO make it’s big move to our new location. SOKO has been in it’s current space in Ukunda for 2 1/2 years and so the move to Rukinga, our new home, was no small feat! On Monday afternoon a small team loaded the lorry and had our last chai together in Ukunda [...]
Read morei-Sustain features SOKO
We were featured in i-Sustain a twelve part series, on the i-D website, intended to change the way we buy and view fashion. Here is the article: i-Sustain X The tenth in a twelve-part series intended to change the way we buy and wear fashion. This month we feature Asos Africa. Over the course of [...]
Read moreNews from SOKO
Sorry we have been silent for so long. We have been busy with the exciting next phase of SOKO. (If you would like to keep updated with our day-to-day news please ‘like’ our facebook page) In the last few months we have been working on the SS12 collections for our clients. You can see some [...]
Read moreMy 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 [...]
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