A project to train designers to reduce the impact of textiles on environment and adopt new techniques to transform this material into ecological clothing has been launched in Kenya. The project has been launched under the aegis of CXP Africa and funded by the Estonian Centre for International Development, co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). CXP Africa is a specialist in design and implementation of sustainable development projects in Kenya.
The project aims to teach designers to adopt recycling to reduce textiles and create new pieces from textile waste, says Robin Mugani Njuno, Project Leader. The Kenyan designer herself presented her recycled collections made entirely from post-consumer textile waste at the “Completely Out of Fashion” show recently in Nairobi. The designers are trained by Estonian fashion designer Reet Aus, an expert in recycling. They are accompanied by three fashion design students from the Estonian Academy of Arts who are visiting Kenya as part of an exchange program with Moi University in Eldoret.
