Platform to lift Kenyan fashion designers
It is meant to give local designers visibility to a global audience.
Local fashion designers now have a new platform to showcase their work. The British Council through its fashion programme Creative DNA and UK-based Fashion Scout have launched Wauzine, an online platform featuring 11 emerging Kenyan designers. The platform also brings together cross-cultural collaborations between writers, illustrators and creative teams in both London and Nairobi. It is meant to give local designers visibility to a global audience.
The first of Wauzine’s three issues explores Nairobi’s neighbourhoods through a fashion story by photographer Maganga Mwagogo. It also features an in-depth essay by Awuor Onyango on the cultural and social lines that underpin the Kenyan capital. Wauzine is designed and created by the team at Fashion Scout, with Helen Jennings, the co-founder and editorial director of Nataal Media, as the features editor.