OUR STORY
THE BRAND
Kampala Fair is a Ugandan fair trade business, working towards accreditation by the World Fair Trade Organization (WFTO), and our belief is in the power of providing high quality work rather than charity.
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Kampala Fair is a brand for whom color is everything. Our trademark is the use of African Print Fabric in our pieces, and we focus on cuts and designs that are for real women.
Focusing on style rather than trends, Kampala Fair embraces ‘slow African fashion’. Keeping a more sustainable approach to the current global tendency of a more ‘disposable fashion’, which often carries ecological repercussions and unethical business practices.
THE DIRECTORS
Founder & Creative Director Mette Islandi came to Uganda from Denmark in 2007 and was shocked at the poor education and life prospects available to many women.
She started Kampala Fair as a way to provide real jobs that would give people decent working conditions, skills, a sense of pride in their work and the ability to give themselves and their families a secure future.
She teamed up with, Ssanyu Kalibbala, co-owner & Operations Director who joined Kampala Fair to ensure that their ethical fashion business model grows beyond Uganda and East Africa.