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| KISUA, Keeping it all handmade in Africa. |
Starting any fashion business is a huge risk it's even more of a risk when your brand is about finding and embracing talented designers in Africa. Samuel Mensah knows this all too well. Samuel was the director of an international investment fund and decided to leave that all behind to start, Kisua, a South Africa based e-commerce platform that sells clothes and collaborates with other designers across Africa. Samuel realized that there was untapped talent in South Africa that the mainstream was ignoring. He put all of his money into this platform giving a breath of fresh air to designers and artisans that may not had the exposure. Now Kisua has garner quite the attention from celebs such as Estelle, Chelsea Leyland and Beyonce.
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KISUA, Keeping it all handmade in Africa. Starting any fashion business is a huge risk it's even more of a risk when your brand i...
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| Designer, Richard Seco taking his finale walk at his Spring '15 show |
Who: Richard Seco Spring 2015 Collection
Where: 7 World Trade Center, NYC
Overall: When I arrived at 7 World Trade Center for the Richard Seco show there was a video of a group of women in Mexico doing all hand weaving designs with seed beads. It’s a humanizing experience watching the diligence and precision that these women do on a daily basis just for us to wear an embellishment on our clothes. As the show began and the models came out in perforated leather in the form of a dress or jumpsuit however there were seed bead embellishments either on a necklace, to a guitar or on a New Balance sneaker. Richard wanted us to be aware that even though we love to watch these clothes on the runway, it's important to know that designing is a craft that takes time and skills. Also, these women in the Wixárika community doing the hand beading need to have some recognition as well. Here’s what designer Richard Seco had to say about his “Dreams” collection,
“My collection DREAMS is a collaboration with the Wixárika, an indigenous community from Mexico, who are known for their beading. As they create each beaded piece they put their dreams into their work. With these pieces and the World Trade Center venue I made a collection for future dreams and the next generation that will live and work here. This collection and its venue are standing for the generation of future dreamers to come." - Ricardo Seco
Grade: B+
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| Model holding a seed bead cover guitar and New Balance sneakers. |
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Designer, Richard Seco taking his finale walk at his Spring '15 show Who: Richard Seco Spring 2015 Collection Where: 7 World Tr...
| Etsy Holiday 2014 Preview |
Etsy has been on people's fingertips for a long time. Consumer are now adoring the many handmade unique items that's on the website. Etsy held a large holiday preview showcasing the oh so many the merchandise that will be available come the Holiday season. There were countless stocking stuffers that you won't get a traditional mega retailer that it makes shopping fun. Also when shopping at Etsy you know will always get a handcrafted product that wasn't mass produced; it's great to support those artisans behind the products.
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Etsy Holiday 2014 Preview Etsy has been on people's fingertips for a long time. Consumer are now adoring the many handmade unique i...


















