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THE BOF500 CLASS OF 2023: INTRODUCING SUNNY DOLAT!!

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.

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TL Magazine Features Sunny Dolat!

Our 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.

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Sunny Dolat x Africa Fashion Exhibition

Huge 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.

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It’s A Wrap: The Nest Collective x Stroom Den Haag in ‘Our House, Your Home’

We 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.

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Material Languages: Sunny Dolat Presents ‘Nandi Flame’

Our 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.

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Fashion Scout X Creative DNA presents WAUZINE: Creative Direction by Sunny Dolat

Our 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!

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Sunny Dolat: Interview with Tangaza Magazine

Our 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.

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Fashion Revolution: Nairobi X London on Sustainability and Alternative Fibres

Our 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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