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News 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 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 moreASOS 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 [...]
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 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 moreModahnik Spring/Summer 2011
For Spring Summer 2011 we have started working with a new fashion label – MODAHNIK. Modahnik was founded in 2009 by Kahindo Mateene, a native of the Democratic Republic of Congo who is based in the USA. Kahindo’s inspiration comes from her many travelling experiences, across Africa and Europe, and growing up seeing her mother [...]
Read moreLalesso SS11 Goes Live!
We finished the SS11 order for Lalesso last week and everything was delivered to the boutiques and online shop. The tailors at SOKO thoroughly enjoyed working on this collection due to the bright colours and luscious fabrics. One of our favourite pieces was the beautiful Binti Kaftan… Log onto the Lalesso website to add one [...]
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