KALASHA DEBUT

The Kalashaz just happened, and today the verdict was out. I had always wanted to dress somebody for such prestigious awards for the longest time and I finally got a shot last Friday! All factors considered I am so proud of the result. Only a designers knows what another goes through to put anything out there. Here's a sneak preview of the dress.

Our collaboration produced this fabulously rich blend of orange 'kitenge' and taffeta dress with a full skirt modelled after the one carried in my latest collection. I always strive for a touch of drama with every dress, here it is achieved with the dramatic cossage. It is not for the faint hearted and I am certainly glad to push the envelope of any imagination every now and then. Enjoy!

RECENTLY GRADUATED!

I struggle with the words to define the exhilaration I felt when I finally heard my name called before thousands of people (who did not know who I was or were probably  not even listening). I felt that I surely had risen above and beyond adversity, all the drama of juggling balls all through campus life;  the business, the fashion, the design, the course work, the papers, the events! Sometimes I thought I would drop dead from the stress- my chest would often constrict from the pressure of light meals, no meals, running all over and the inevitable transnighting. Little did I know that campus living was just bootcamp.

Friends, I am officially Recently Graduated and Newly Acquainted with the Ways of the Real World; like how to sit through three hours of traffic every time I venture into town from our sleepy satellite town off Mombasa road. The stuff few people ever really tell you- that it never really stops, just gets busier- and am not complaining, the Rat Race continues and am chasing my cheese or might I add- My Geez, like my life depends on it (because it does!) Wish me luck!!!