We collaborated with Kenyan artisans to produce new elegant, sturdy cattle horn zipper toggles for Kempton & Co.'s Fall/Winter 2016 Collection.
All work is done entirely by hand in Kenya with simple tools and machinery, using up-cycled cattle horn gathered from local farms.
We designed with the cattle horn toggles with Kenyan artisans to create pieces with Kempton & Co. signature look and feel, while building strong, working partnerships.
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The small artisan groups we work with live mostly in Kiberia, one of the poorest urban sections of Kenya's capitol city, Nairobi.
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Each toggle is unique--yet all pieces cohere with the streamlined design of our Fall/Winter 2016 line.
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Kempton & Co.'s Rough Night handbags feature the new Kenyan cattle horn toggles (above), as do our Royal Frolic clutches (below).
![Royal Frolic Clutch](http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0987/8396/files/KEMPTON_CO_OLIVEBLACK_CLUTCH_copy_medium.jpg?v=1472667286)
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