HELL BENT FOR LEATHER
‘It is real leather, come and see!’ urges an Egyptian merchant, as he strikes a lighter and runs the flame over the black gladiator sandals I had glanced at just a few moments earlier. He invites me...
View ArticleGet Eco-friendly with it! These African Fashion Brands are…
For the past month and a half we’ve looked at the good, the bad and the downright ugly when it comes to fashion and its environmental impact. I know, how something can be so pretty and so downright...
View ArticleFashion Film Friday – To Die For: Is Fashion Wearing Out the World
When did we become the ‘throw away’ culture? It wasn’t so long ago that Christmas for many of us meant new clothes. Not the hand me downs you had to wear the entire year from all your older siblings....
View ArticleIko Eco Fashion Kenya
Style and sustainability. If we’ve learned anything during this series is that the two can co-exist. In Kenya, we’ve seen a strong emphasis on ethical systems and standards to improve the livelihood of...
View ArticleTDS Creative: Patrick Mavros
Stationed in the Village Market Mall, shop No. 284, is a minimalistic-chic store, with tastefully positioned silver jewellery and accessories. Looking through its glass windows, you can easily spot...
View ArticleSo This Kind of Fashion Week Exists…
It’s ‘Green’, full of challenges and can pull glam on a shoestring budget. Eco Fashion Week (EFW) has been running for 11 years now, with the latest edition having taken place November 1st – 4th...
View ArticleEditors’ Note – Designer Focus Series
Editor’s Note_____________ For the next month and a half, January and February, we have our eyes peeled on designers both in Kenya and Africa touching out hearts. Happy Happy New Year to you all. 2017...
View Article#TDSCREATIVES: THE SURREAL SELLY RABY KANE STYLE
Fashion has always been a great portal for storytelling and art-expression. A fact that Selly Raby Kane has been reiterating since the launch of her eponymous brand in 2012. The Senegalese designer...
View ArticleTDS CREATIVES: Ashley Heather’s Conscience Charms
What do you get when you mix precious metals with circuit boards? The artisanal jewellery by designer Ashley Heather. In her small studio based in South Africa, she has combined the unique, techie...
View ArticleTDS CREATIVES: Cheick Diallo Turning Furniture into Inimitable Art Expression
“I don’t have an interest in design if it is only to remake that which already exists.” The powerful quote by Malian designer, Cheick Diallo, best describes the impeccable furniture and objects...
View Article#TDSCREATIVE: Humanoid Design by Babacar M’Bodj Niang
Strange and often humanoid is not a phrase that you commonly see associated with furniture. Yet, it’s somehow a perfect fit for the superlatively authentic design practice, Nulangee Design. Started...
View Article#TDSCREATIVES: Guerilla couture of Roman Handt
Playing it safe. That is what the average man seems to do with his wardrobe choices. Most will have the obvious colours white, black, brown, grey and blue. Some will be a little more adventurous and...
View ArticleBack at it again with the TDS ‘African Fashion Bloggers to Follow’ Part II
Blogging, like fashion, is far from static. There is always a new, creative voice popping up from this great continent that gives us mad style #goals. So when we compiled the first list of bloggers to...
View ArticleStreetwear Flair With Wan Fam
To be honest, we really haven’t covered a lot of streetwear brands. So, when we stumbled upon a CNN (Cable News Network) article talking about a Kenyan based brand, we had to meet them for our...
View ArticleTDS Designer Focus: Njema Helena
Stories are powerful. Fashion brands are constantly being advised to share their stories with consumers, and the world, for a good reason. The human mind has a way of taking an evocative story and...
View ArticleTDS Designer Focus: Le Collane Di Betta
Someone once said that jewellery, like biographies, is a story that tells the many chapters of our lives. What better way to punctuate that than with statement pieces that border on art? Elisabetta...
View ArticleTDS DESIGNER FOCUS: URBAN ARTEFACTS
You’ve got success, happiness and the lifestyle to boot. Who would change a thing? Nicola Hankey-Onyango did. After 15 efficacious years in marketing, she decided to embark on a new career journey in...
View ArticleTDS Designer Focus: The Jazzy Leather Creations of WAZAWAZI
It’s always better to watch people in their natural habitat. Well, in this case, leather products. In a glass-like box, in-between a cosmetics store and a coffee shop lies the Wazawazi store at Valley...
View ArticleT-1 Day: We’re Opening a Store at Two Rivers!!!
For all the modern convenience, we’ve come to know and rely on, some things remain the same. As fun and convenient it can be to sit at your laptop and wait for package to arrive, sometimes you want to...
View ArticleTDS Designer Focus: Cashmere Chic with KSHMR by Kuoni
There’s a certain level of madness that comes with fashion. We convince ourselves to wear high heel shoes of ankle-snapping capabilities because ‘it really brings the outfit together’. And then,...
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