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Think Act Vote – The Futures Interview
Think Act Vote – The Futures Interview quizzes SOKO’s founder and director Joanna Maiden on her views and hopes for the future. Read the full interview.
Read moreSuno Trainers
Suno limited edition trainers launched as part of their resort collection have been selling out fast! SOKO managed this project and all trainers were manufactured by a factory close to our workshop. The trainers are made from offcuts of Suno’s signature kanga prints and the soles are made from recycled rubber. Retailing for $65 with [...]
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 moreMeet John… one of SOKO’s master tailors
John has been with SOKO since we first opened our doors in 2009, he is one of our most reliable employees and a super tailor. We always rely on John for sampling and leading the other tailors on complex tailored styles such as jackets, shirts and trousers. Not only does John work for SOKO 6 [...]
Read moreChoolips
All of us at SOKO are delighted to announce that SOKO will be manufacturing Choolips Spring/Summer 2012 collection. The ball is already rolling – it’s not all designing and creating – the logistics of getting a collection to the customer is not an easy task – there are productions schedules, importing of fabrics, finding the [...]
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 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 moreMeet 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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