Connie says “This is home, this is Nairobi. It’s crazy but I love it!”. Born and bred in the city she has never doubted that it is where her future lies. Studying fashion in New York and Milan was an exciting whirlwind, a highlight was interning for Audrey Smaltz one of the first African American models in New York. With Smaltz’s production company, The Ground Crew, she got to work back stage at the Mercedes Fashion Week. This experience only […]

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Januska always wanted to come to Africa, hailing originally from Surinam and growing up in the Netherlands something was drawing her to the continent that she couldn’t explain. She finally got her chance through her brand marketing job with the Dutch corporation Heineken. Though her base was Nairobi it was an emerging markets brand activation campaign for the company and was also spread across Shanghai and Mexico City. While she travelled from capital to capital “returning to Nairobi always felt […]

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Anne has named her latest collection for the clothing brand Kipusa #SheIsNairobi. She is doing this as part of the wider #SheIsNairobi campaign and she is in every sense a Nairobi girl herself. Now on her fourth fashion collection she says the essence of her brand is balance, balance between meeting the needs of the curvy and the slim. She asks “What’s the point of making beautiful clothes for one size and when it comes to other sizes you water it down?” […]

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