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British Tatler (September 2010) |
I was quite excited when my sister came back from her trip to Ireland and brought home a copy of Tatler! I love my sis :-) Thanks to her, I'm now obsessed with this SUNO dress that Zara Simon is wearing in the latest issue. Don't you love the colorful, eithnic-inspired print? So vibrant and full of life!
SUNO New York is a relatively new fashion label founded only two years ago by Max Osterweis, a filmmaker and entrepreneur who initially spent over ten years collecting brightly colored Kenyan fabrics, called kangas, from his visits to East Africa. Disturbed by post-election violence that erupted in Kenya in 2007, Osterweis became compelled to find a way to encourage economic growth and stability in the country and ultimately decided to team up with former Gap designer, Erin Beatty, to transform his textile collection into luxury fashion line for women. While Osterweis now designs many of his own prints, SUNO continues to employ skilled sample and pattern makers in New York to develop the collection and local artisans in Kenya to produce the garments in fair-trade workshops.
For a complete background story of SUNO, make sure to read this fascinating article from Australian Vogue.
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