Press
Textile Loft in the Press
Press features and interviews with Wagura Kamwana, founder of Textile Loft.
The New York Times
Used Clothes Ban May Crimp Kenyan Style. It May Also Lift Local Design.
Kenya halted imports of secondhand clothes to curb the coronavirus — limiting fashion selection, but opening doors for the country's own designers and manufacturers. Wagura Kamwana, owner of Textile Loft, was featured discussing the opportunity for local production.
Read the full article on nytimes.com →"Now is a good time to make choices and changes. You will be surprised by what comes out of this country."
— Wagura Kamwana, owner of Textile Loft, quoted in The New York Times
Business Daily Africa
Woman Sets Up One-Stop Shop for European Fashion
A profile of Wagura Kamwana and the founding of Textile Loft as Nairobi's one-stop source for European fabrics, notions and sewing equipment for local designers.
Read the full article on businessdailyafrica.com →"The Textile Loft supports designers who want to make clothes that meet international standards. We are mainly wholesalers making our prices affordable to people in the fashion business."
— Wagura Kamwana, proprietor of Textile Loft, quoted in Business Daily Africa
BBC World Service — Newsday
Wagura Kamwana on the Future of Local Fashion Manufacturing
Wagura Kamwana joined BBC World Service's Newsday programme to discuss Textile Loft's role in supplying Kenyan designers and building local manufacturing capacity.
Listen on BBC Sounds →
CGTN Europe
Trash or Treasure? The Secondhand Clothes Trade
A CGTN Europe multimedia feature on the global secondhand clothing trade and its effects on African markets, featuring Wagura Kamwana and Textile Loft's push toward local manufacturing.
View the feature on cgtneurope.tv →
Sunday Nation
The Textile Loft
A feature on The Textile Loft, the in-house womenswear brand founded in 2024 by Wagura Kamwana under Textile Loft, celebrating individuality and bold self-expression.
Read the feature on conniealuoch.com →