00:00Mass production is quickly changing the fashion industry, with environmentalists warning about
00:05the impact on the planet.
00:07However in Nairobi, one young designer is refusing to follow current production trends.
00:13Instead, he's turning back to a traditional craft.
00:16The founder of Mukabwa Studios, Hilary Mukabwa, uses hand looms to create clothes and fabrics.
00:28This is where authenticity lives, and from that we get to know our roots, know what we
00:36used to do, and getting to have unique items that are identified to us.
00:46He views the hand looms as a way to keep Kenya's cultural heritage alive.
01:00The difference between the hand looms and the electric machines is that these hand looms,
01:10first of all, they are traditional, so you find that they carry a story.
01:25Clients say they find the clothes more interesting than what's available on the high street due
01:29to their individuality.
01:32Unlike the majority of high street clothing, most of the pieces made by Mukabwa are bespoke.
01:40They like the clothes because one of their quality, because they are pure organic cotton, and they
01:49are unique.
01:50Most of them, you can see their unique pieces, so I think I'll still choose the weaving, how
01:59they are made because of the efforts you can see people do to get the product, the end result
02:05of the product.
02:06Hillary now hopes to take his clothes beyond Kenya while keeping the looms as part of the
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