Art & Beer Fest: Style Crush

Did you know that Kenyans were once accused of being the worst dressed people in East Africa? I kid you not, in 2009 the BBC published an article basically saying that Kenyan designers were trying to restore the Kenyan people’s name seeing as.. well.. we just couldn’t dress ourselves. And let me tell you something, the guy who wrote this article didn’t take it easy on us. His article talked of our clothes being “predictable” and “one size too big.” 

Oh the nerve.

Fact is, there are some truths to this. We Kenyans can be rather dull when it comes to our outfits. But there’s an awakening. These truths have started being changed by a growing number of Kenyans who are becoming more expressive with their attire. Kenyans who have embraced a more daring sense of style or have begun to appreciate local designs - sourcing inspirations from our ethnic roots.

This was particularly evident for me at the Art and Beer Fest. There were so many well dressed ladies and gents who showed up! 

Meet Vundi, Helen and Firyal. They were a few of my favourites :)

Name: Vundi 

Age: 25

Name: Helen 

Age: 17

Name: Firyal

Age: 23

Ladies, you looked amazing!

Take that you BBC writer.

I think I'll keep at this Style Crush series. 

Art & Beer Festival!

For those  people who prefer pictures to words, this post is for you. 

Even with over 30 pictures to show for it, I don't think I quite covered the Art and Beer Festival. Not sure whether the turn out is what the organisers hoped for but I quite liked it. It run from Saturday to Sunday with season tickets going for Shs1,500 (about $18). 

I totts fell in love with this one guy btw. He sang to me you see. Well, he sang to the crowd but really I know he was singing to me. He doesn't know it yet but he and I are going to have babies together and he's going to sing for me all my life. It's gonna be beautiful. Oh yes. 

Enough of my ramblings, here is mine and Binti's take on the Art and Beer Festival!

Hope you had an amazing weekend!! 

Cold Shoulder and A Lovely Lippy

Blazer - Meltz; Top - Gift; Tank top - Mr. Price; Jeans - Toi Market; Shoes - Vendor at Karen Crossroads; Necklace - Mother's; Nail Polish - Luron #112

On My Lips: Loreal Colour Riche in Shiny Grapefruit

 I'm not really into make up and that's mostly because of the fact that I have to take it off at the end of the day. I'm a lazy make up remover-er. Remover-ee?  Removeree. Someone needs to tell Oxford Dictionaries that we've got a new word in town. 

Re.mo.ve.ree: 

Say: /ree-moo-vah-ree/

Definition: One who removes. Often requires a level of dedication. "She takes off her make up like no other removeree" "Did you call the removeree to help with that stain on your shirt?"

If I told you the number of times I've slept with my make up on you'd probably lose all confidence in my beauty regime. My point is make up is a lot of work sometimes. But lipsticks are pretty darn cool. I bought this lippy a couple weeks back and I totts {my new word for totally} love its subtlety. And how you don't need to be a removeree to get it off. Hip Hip...

How was your weekend? If you follow me on twitter then you probably already know that I was at the Art and Beer Fest what with all the pictures and random tweets I bombarded you with. Post will be up soon!

Exciting stuff.