Behind-the-Scenes: #MadeinKenya for DRUM Magazine

Last week we shot the DRUM Magazine fashion editorial for March. We shot at the SANDSTORM factory in Karen, Nairobi, where premium-quality leather bags are hand-made and dispatched across the world to discerning customers. Just this week, Malaika Firth of VOGUE supermodel fame was seen toting her Sandstorm bag around en route to London Fashion Week.

So to go with the #MadeinKenya ethos of SANDSTORM, we used a mere handful of #MadeinKenya designers in a showcase of how accessible, viable (and edgy) local fashion really can be.

WAMBUI MUKENYI lace gown, SANDSTORM weekender bag. That's me in the bottom corner.

RHODIA MANN necklace, LE COLLANE DI BETTA earrings.

ITIKADI crop-top and matching skirt with angel print detail.

PEPERUKA tee paired with a tulip skirt by KIPUSA

Blouse & shorts from BLACKFLY

PHOTOGRAPHS Abraham Ali

SHOOT ASSISTANT John Njuguna

STYLING Annabel Onyango for DRESSUPNATION

MAKEUP Wacuka Thimba

HAIR Shiro Wanyoike

MODEL Roselyn Muringo

If you're in Kenya, pick up your March issue of DRUM Magazine in about a week.