Crea House Presents...

Crea House, Kabete

Crea House is tucked away in leafy Kabete (Nairobi) and is home to design houses KOOROO and Le Collane di Betta. It's a warm, dreamy place full of treasure...

Designers Betta (La Collane di Betta) and Hebret (KOOROO) with an assistant (right).

 

Inside ARISE Magazine.

Betta and her assistants.

VOGUE Italia

Hebret Lakew (KOOROO) and Elisabetta Capolino (Le Collane di Betta) have created this little jewel of a place in the suburbs where you can indulge your sense of wanting to buy beautifully and locally. These two seem to make entirely different things, but their shared aesthetic for expertly-crafted fashion items and their quiet but dynamic creativity makes Crea House one of my best recent finds in the city.

Shop and see more of Kooroo and Le Collane di Betta, and be sure to visit Crea House for a taste of the ambiance, and to meet the faces behind the brands.

Behind-the-Scenes at "Mashariki Mix" (Styled by DRESSUPNATION)

Mashariki Mix Presenter Sarah Hassan wears an ankara print peplum dress from Laddia by Bridget.

Shot at the Southern Sun Hotel, Nairobi.

...with Swahili Producer Sanaipei Tande.

Find designer Bridget Achieng for Laddia here, and watch entertainment variety show Mashariki Mix weeknights on AfricaMagic (M-NET) at 19.30.

VLISCO: L'Homage a L'Art

Campaign and lookbook photographs for the VLISCO L'Homage a L'Art collection:

The AfricaFashionGuide asks why VLISCO doesn't sell designs as well as Java and wax fabrics, and we wonder the same. That said, the inspiration they're selling, we're buying.

VLISCO is available in Nairobi at the Evelyn School of Design. For the rest, shop the new VLISCO collection here.