VIVIENNE WESTWOOD WAS IN KENYA FOR BUSINESS

Last month, famed international designer Dame Vivienne Westwood was in the country to announced that she is expanding her business in Kenya. This is her first trip to the continent and that she found her Kenyan trip extremely worthwhile. She spent four days in Nairobi before traveling north to Laikipia; a journey she says has changed the way she thinks about fashion.The London-based designer,

AJUMA TO SCOUT FOR 2011’S FORD SUPERMODEL

Kenya’s supermodel Ajuma Nasenyana will be scouting for this year’s Ford Supermodel in a competition that made her who she is now.Ajuma who has since relocated back into the country with her fiancé Gustav and baby Elliot has been appointed the regional scout for this year’s supermodel search.Ajuma was the first ever black model to win a Sh 4m ($50,000) contract in an international competition

AJUMA NOMINATED FOR BEFFTA AWARDS

The UK’s first annual Black Entertainment, Film, Fashion, Television and Arts (BEFFTA) Awards has nominated Kenyan supermodel Ajuma Nasenyana. Ajuma has been nominated for a best international model award together with Naomi Cambell, Liya Kebede, Oluchi Onweagba, Alek Wek and Noella Cousaris The gala event will be held on October 17 at the Hilton Metropole Hotel, London. It will honour the best

Top Model Oluchi Refuses To Wear Sylvia Awori’s Dress

Nigerian born model Oluchi Onweagba pulled a Naomi Campbell diva tantrum at the just concluded Arise Africa Fashion Week at Johannesburg’s Sandton Convention Centre. Ugandan Sylvia Owori - who also has a shop in Nairobi - had a taste of Oluchi’s divadom. According to our source, Oluchi refused to walk the runway wearing a Sylvia Owori outfit after a run in with one of the show’s producers.“Sylvia