We have mostly heard about fashion designers from abroad who design clothes for famous stars in the entertainment industry. However, there are various renowned designers in Kenya who have won awards in the fashion industry. They have made Kenya proud with their unique and iconic work of art.
Ann McCreath is a Kenyan designer who owns the fashion brand KikoRomeo, after drawing inspiration from Kenyan culture. Kenyan culture is infused in her designed clothes and her way of fashion with each pattern and bead embroidered in the material.
Ann McCreath is the founder of The Festival of Africa Fashion &Arts (FAFA) which focuses on Building peace through fashion. McCreath displays her work on most social media platforms and designs for all genders.
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The Kenya Airways Millennium uniform design is a masterpiece, The designer behind this epic design is non-other than Patricia Mbela. Patricia Mbela is a known fashion designer in Kenya whose designs have been worn and showcased all around the world. In 2014, she was awarded the top Kenyan Fashion and jewellery designer at the Kenyan fashion week. Mbela designs clothes under her brand Poisa.
Sally Karago is one of the pioneers that started the Fashion industry in Kenya. She started her brand Mcensal Fashion in the year 1992 and later in the year 2009 she founded a school called Mcensal Fashion School to teach and motivate aspiring designers in Kenya. She was the first to merge and incorporate the Maasai blanket and kikoi designs with her designs to create a good and admirable design. She has won many awards in the fashion industry among them is the Mnet face of Africa Smirnoff Awards Kenya in 1993.
These women are just a few of the other fashion icons in Kenya who have created a trademark in the fashion industry.
