Archive for Ethical Fashion
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 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 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 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 [...]
Read moreJessica Ogden for ASOS now online
Sorry for our silence over the last few weeks but there hasn’t been a second to spare as we’ve been working our socks off on our client’s Spring/Summer collections. The spring orders for ASOS Africa and Jessica Ogden for ASOS have now left the workshop so we thought we’d fill you in on what we’ve [...]
Read moreMeet Fatuma
Fatuma is the youngest tailor at SOKO and has been with us from the start, in December 2009. From an early age Fatuma was always interested in clothes and the way that they were made, so when she finished secondary school the obvious thing to do was to study tailoring. She moved from her home [...]
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