These films, shot on Rusinga Island, in the western part of Kenya, show a combination of the Eripoto collection with knitwear from the KikoRomeo archives. Forming a sort of nostalgic search for comfort. A movement we can see happening with pop-culture shifts globally.
For both KikoRomeo, and the creatives of 199x and Urban Pitchaz, our creative influences have been greatly shaped by the duality of growing up in an era of radical global change where we can both understand life before many of the technological advancements that we enjoy now and also see how quickly the world has changed as a result of them. This duality almost impresses a sense of duty to take forward what we know from our parents’ generations and create within a sense of limited limitlessness.
Featuring: Urban Pitchaz (@urbanpitchaz), Abak Akol (@abakakol) & 199xorg (@199x)
Producer: Iona McCreath (@Iona_Mccreath)
Director: Michael Mwangi (@mbaalamwezi)
D.O.P Edwin Maina (@photoman254)
$425
The Blinky Overalls are hand-dyed and batiked by Nubiana Studio in Nairobi. Made from medium-weight rainfed East African cotton, they feature hand-made cowhorn buttons (as shown in the photo) or coconut buttons (vegan friendly) down...
$280
These overalls are made from tie dyed on industrial waste cotton sourced in Nairobi, Kenya. They feature cow horn buttons we use are laser-cut in Ethiopia at a zero-waste horn processing factory...
$350
The Edu overalls are made from tie dyed and batiked industrial waste cotton (a new fabric, which has been ordered in excess by a garment factory). They feature coconut buttons...
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