On April 21st, 2023, Nairobi Fashion Week sponsored a one-of-a-kind afternoon event that blended the worlds of fashion and art while presenting the “JUST fashion” campaign at Chez Sonia.
This event promised to be a feast for the senses and delivered, with spectacular visual art displays from Little Art Gallery, live music, and a fashion show featuring five selected designers, Deepa Dosaja, Inna Design, Kenya Nashipai Leather, Normand Ayats, and Maisha.

Nisria brought together outstanding artists and designers to create an extraordinary day of creativity and beauty.

The event also included a panel discussion on sustainable fashion moderated by media personality Yvonne Ndege, with Katrin Aidnell, the Regional Environment and Climate Change Specialist, Betterman Simidi, the General Manager of Africa Collect Textiles, and Deepa Dosaja, a pioneer in a sustainable fashion.
The conversation centered on the necessity for a fair and environmentally friendly transformation of the country’s fashion industry.

The Nairobi Fashion Week campaign “JUST fashion,” the ultimate aim of which is to support the country’s fashion sector in its JUST, i.e. environmentally sustainable and socially equitable, transition feature’s four advocacy and promotional areas throughout 2023,

focused on Just transition, sustainable fashion, and the protection of the Nairobi National Park.

Credits:
Video by Valde
Photography by: Levi King

Content courtesy of Nairobi Fashion Week & NFH

 

 

 



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