News and updates from the Nest Collective.
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We’re absolutely thrilled to announce that our very own Sunny Dolat is on the Business of Fashion annual list of people shaping the global fashion industry! The Business of Fashion is a global publication, information hub, learning, business and career portal, critical analysis meeting point, and leading intelligence repository for the 2.5 trillion dollar fashion industry, with offices in London, New York, Paris and Shanghai.
Read MoreOur very own Sunny Dolat was featured in TL Magazine’s article ‘Common Threads - Contemporary African Fashion’! In the article, Sunny talks about the challenges faced due to paucity of textile manufacturing facilities on the African continent. He also discusses his recent work, ‘Nanga’, that seeks to combine local sustainable practices with contemporary ideas and innovations, and his hopes for the future of Africa’s fashion industry.
Read MoreHuge congratulations to our very own Sunny Dolat for being one of a team of arts luminaries behind the Victoria and Albert’s (VA) Africa Fashion Exhibition, in his own capacity as a visionary fashion creative! Sunny, alongside Imane Ayissi, IAMISIGO, Moshions, Thebe Magugu and Sindiso Khumalo, contributed his beautiful thoughts and insights to this exhibition, which will be celebrating the art and innovation of African histories and cultures in fashion.
Read MoreWe have come to a bittersweet end of our 2020/21 hybrid arts residency “Our House, Your Home”, hosted by Dutch art centre, gallery and maker-space, Stroom Den Haag. Over the past year, we have been in an online collaboration with the Stroom team, led by the extremely insightful and resourceful artist, teacher and cultural practitioner Ludmila Rodrigues, to develop our exploration Material Languages.
Read MoreTo close out our 3-part series of the online public conversations from our hybrid online Stroom Den Haag arts residency, Material Languages, our very own Sunny Dolat will be presenting his own project, Nanga! He will be exploring three elements: ritual textiles, contemporary African textiles, and sustainable textiles.
Read MoreWe are really excited our first run of Nandi Flame did so phenomenally well! Due to the overwhelming demand, we are thrilled to inform you that we have a second run of Nandi Flame now available for purchase at the Textile Loft.
Read MoreOur very own Njoki, Sunny and JP will be taking part in the 2021 edition of the Images Festival, exploring this year’s theme which is ‘Decentralization as a Practice of Freedom’. The festival runs from 20th to 26th May, and will include online conversations, social media interventions and digital publications.
Read MoreOur very own Sunny Dolat has been undertaking an original textile exploration, which he has titled ‘Nanga’, exploring 3 interesting and very different elements: ritual textiles, contemporary African textiles and sustainable textiles. We’re incredibly excited to present his first launch from Nanga: A print named 'Nandi Flame', illustrated by graphic designer and illustrator Monica Obaga, and inspired by the ubiquitous and lovely Nandi Flame tree, also commonly known as the African Tulip tree.
Read MoreOur very own Sunny Dolat and Noel Kayoka co-directed LOOKU, a film celebrating Nairobi’s affair with fashion and style. The 5-minute film is an audiovisual accompaniment to Wauzine—a limited three-issue digital publication by the British Council East Africa Arts Programme through Creative DNA!
Read MoreOur very own Sunny Dolat is the creative director of WAUZINE—a limited three-issue digital publication by the British Council East Africa Arts Programme through Creative DNA! This was done in partnership with Mettā Nairobi, Fashion Scout UK and our sister company HEVA Fund, and features 11 emerging designers from Kenya. WAUZINE is a digital showcase that brings together cross cultural collaborations between writers, illustrators and creative teams in Nairobi and London. The WAUZINE body of work includes 3 issues of an online magazine, and a fashion film!
Read MoreOur very own Sunny Dolat had a great conversation recently with Mike Misaki of Tangaza Magazine! Sunny talks about his time in quarantine during the COVID pandemic. He also tells us about the many evolving roles he continues to play in the fashion industry, the inspiration behind his artistic work, (including his work with us!) and his insightful reflections on the future of African fashion.
Read MoreOur very own Sunny Dolat was in a panel conversation with Niamh Tuft, the global network manager of Fashion Revolution UK, discussing the work of the Kenya chapter in sustainable fashion in the African context. Moderated by Wangari Nyanjui, founder of African lifestyle brand Peperuka and country coordinator of the Kenya chapter, Niamh and Sunny discussed Fashion Revolution’s 2019 impact report, which expounded on challenges the fashion industry faces, and the process of creating mass products that can speak to local needs.
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