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From your favorite jeans to shorts, black cropped pants and more, this top is everything you need to turn a simple outfit into a real LOOK!
- Textile design by artist: Shadé Akanbi
- 100% cotton kitenge, 100% woven and printed in Kenya
- Color Notes: Goldenrod, blue, caramel
- Machine wash cold with like colors
- Short sleeves with cuff
- Front chest pocket
- Oversized fit; for a more fitted look, take the next size down
- Airy fit, cut to be worn loose and stand away from the body
- Light-weight, non-stretchy fabric
- Louise is 5'5 and wears a M
- Nili is 5'3 and wears a M
- Jaz is 5'5 and wears a L
These textiles are a part of our 100% Made in Kenya collection and were printed in Kenya on Kenyan grown cotton. The print was designed by Shadé Akanbi. Raised in the Bay Area, Shadé credits her Nigerian-American upbringing and extensive international travels as her main creative influences for designing. Now based in Brooklyn, Shadé is the Creative Director and Designer of Printed Pattern People and it's a true joy to be able to share her work with you!
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Meet our production partner, SOKO Kenya! Based in Kikambala on the Kenyan coast, they are an ethical manufacturer that truly embraces a fair, kind and transparent work culture. In addition to paying above living wages, SOKO provides employees with paid leave and stipends for family emergencies, free pre-primary childcare for all employees with children from ages 2-4, daily mid-morning tea and midday lunch, and clear, outlined processes for job advancement. These values extend to the workspace itself, which is open, airy and bright. It’s truly a privilege to work with the SOKO team, and we invite you to learn more about the stitching process here!
When we say 100% Made in Kenya, we really mean it! Made from cotton grown in western Kenya and designed, printed and stitched outside of Nairobi, it doesn't get more local than this! We’re so proud to be part of an ecosystem supporting and advocating for Kenyan agriculture and manufacturing. Learn more about these fabrics are made here!
The ecosystem for rotary printed fabrics is complex and truly global. While it's rare to see a rotary printed textile produced in a closed-circuit, farm-to-shop supply chain, the fabrics we're producing are verifiably 100% made in Kenya. Not just traceable, but local. Not just identifiable, but ethical and accountable.
Our production impacts hundreds of smallholder farmers and their families each year. It impacts young Kenyan artists whose voices and work may now have a slightly bigger audience (and fan club:) ). It impacts the Kenyan textile manufacturing industry, which for years has been out-competed in the local market by imported fabrics. Finally, it impacts you, because you can know that your dress was made ethically, honestly, and with pride.
- MVMary-Claire van L.Verified BuyerRated 5 out of 5 stars2 months agomy new bestie
So wearable! Goes with half the things I own.
- EWElaine W.Verified BuyerRated 5 out of 5 stars3 months agoSummertime Staple(s)
I knew immediately I’d love this print just from the online photos. I usually don’t favor the short sleeved tops because of their boxy cut, but when the fabric is amazing I’ll go for it.
I tried this on together with the matching shorts. I am definitely not the same size in the shorts with this set. I’m wearing my usual L size in the short sleeved shirt and the shorts I went up two sizes to a 1X.
I have wider hips and an apple belly and the L as well as the XL short did not even want to go past my hips comfortably so I didn’t even try to force them on. I usually wear a size 14W or 16 in pants. The 1X shorts were just right in that they were comfortable even in the waistband. No digging in the stomach area.
I definitely prefer to wear this as separates. Worn together gives me too much of a pajama vibe. Or resort wear to the beach. I took home the shirt! Note that the pattern can differ slightly from shirt to shirt. I tried two size L shirts and one had the yellow stripes more prominent while the other had the blue panels more noticeable.
- KKarenVerified BuyerRated 5 out of 5 stars2 months agoCompliments Galore
At a meeting, within 10 minutes before the meeting started I had at least 5 compliments!
- CBCarol B.Verified BuyerRated 5 out of 5 stars3 months agoWow!
I love this pattern. Bold design and colors. Will brighten any day. I needed to exchange for a different size. So simple. And quick on your website. Love it.