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| Keywords: kenya luxury leather afroca lulea edmond chesneau design fashion craft handmade original products goods employment community skills designer social impact made in KENYA, Thika: In a photograph taken by Make It Kenya 24 September 2015, an employee holds a sample of leather inside the workshop of Luxury Leather Africa (LULEA) in Thika, a town situated approx. 40km north of the Kenyan capital Nairobi. Founded by internationally acclaimed premium leather and accessories designer, Edmond Chesneau, Luxury Leather Africa (LULEA) is an enterprise for social impact specialising in training Kenyans to be masters in the creation of luxury leather goods of outstanding quality. Through constant and sustained training, all LULEA products are designed and crafted on location in Thika and designed to appeal to the emerging fashion consumer who wishes to be associated with an affordable luxury brand that “does well and does good” and enables the customer to feel good about their product choice and be part of a good story. LULEA describes it's accessory collections as “beautifully crafted and having a timeless equestrian aesthetic appeal”, that use locally sourced leather and other raw materials including partnering with local communities to create beautiful and brightly coloured hand-woven Kenyan wool and cotton fabrics creating a delicate balance between luxury and design and using the best possible raw materials all sourced within Kenya. MANDATORY CREDIT: MAKE IT KENYA PHOTO / STUART PRICE. KENYA, Thika: In a photograph taken by Make It Kenya 24 September 2015, an employee holds a sample of leather inside the workshop of Luxury Leather Africa (LULEA) in Thika, a town situated approx. 40km north of the Kenyan capital Nairobi. Founded by internationally acclaimed premium leather and accessories designer, Edmond Chesneau, Luxury Leather Africa (LULEA) is an enterprise for social impact specialising in training Kenyans to be masters in the creation of luxury leather goods of outstanding quality. Through constant and sustained training, all LULEA products are designed and crafted on location in Thika and designed to appeal to the emerging fashion consumer who wishes to be associated with an affordable luxury brand that “does well and does good” and enables the customer to feel good about their product choice and be part of a good story. LULEA describes it's accessory collections as “beautifully crafted and having a timeless equestrian aesthetic appeal”, that use locally sourced leather and other raw materials including partnering with local communities to create beautiful and brightly coloured hand-woven Kenyan wool and cotton fabrics creating a delicate balance between luxury and design and using the best possible raw materials all sourced within Kenya. MANDATORY CREDIT: MAKE IT KENYA PHOTO / STUART PRICE. | ||||
