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‘People want clothes that match their values’: sustainability takes centre stage at Nairobi fashion week
As the dumping of textile waste continues in African countries, designers are making a feature of reusing and recycling – from flea markets, landfill or upcyled curtains
The Rwandan designer Jean Maurice Niyigena, who runs the urban streetwear label Bone Koboyi, uses repurposed or recycled materials to make his range, working with local artisans to source and tailor the clothing. Photograph: Serrah Galos Each picture shows a model wearing outsized denim clothes standing in front of a van Niyigena uses exaggerated silhouettes with hand-painting inspired by traditional textile art. Each picture shows a model on a catwalk wearing a dress, one long and hooded and one shorter and tied at the waist Cameroonian designer Sikoti Mbaitjongue imports cotton from Benin, but it affects the cost of her range.
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