Portfolio
Collections & runway, sanaa ya mavazi
Kigali Fashion Week 2026
The Remnant, Kigali 2026
Bobbin Case on the international stage at Kigali Fashion Week 2026. Raw gunia, open seams and the philosophy of destroyed fabric, carried from Kampala to Kigali.
The runway
Arms openRunway, gunia gown The sack speaksRunway, back detail The RemnantRunway, womenswear
The designer and red carpet
Mukasa Najib, The Fabric MurdererRed carpet, Kigali 2026 The Bobbin Case teamRed carpet, group Fabric Murderer posterThe Remnant, Collection I
The work
From sisal sacks to international runways
Every piece in the Bobbin Case portfolio begins with a discarded material: a sisal sack from a Ugandan market, a scrap of recycled fabric, a length of rope. What follows is a process of creative murder and rebirth.
Generations collectionInternational runway, sisal sack Structured collar jacketMenswear, metal hardware Grommet vest dressWomenswear, sisal sack Draped runway dressWomenswear, raw hem Wrapped collar detailMenswear, detail study Bound & freeMenswear, rope and sisal The long robeMenswear, studs High collarMenswear, studs
Editorial
Fashion as social critique
Beyond the runway, Bobbin Case uses fashion as a language of protest, memory and African identity. Each painted piece carries a message, stitched into every fibre of reclaimed material.
The vaccine seriesSocial commentary, 2023 Memory & identityEditorial, Uganda Night ritualStage collection, 2024 The studioBehind the craft
Kwetu Kwanza
Fashion on the frontline
These images are not from a studio. They are from Kampala's streets, its rubbish dumps, its communities: the places that shaped Bobbin Case's language of dress. Gunia on a landfill site is not a provocation. It is a statement: beauty is not separate from the places we have been taught to look away from.
Kwetu KwanzaCommunity editorial, Kampala Fashion for the communityStreet editorial, Uganda Recycled fabric collectionExhibition installation
Philosophy
Every discarded sack is a canvas waiting to speak
Sisal sacks from Ugandan markets. Recycled rope. Reclaimed fabric scraps. Metal grommets salvaged from industrial waste. In the hands of Mukasa Najib, nothing is refuse; everything is raw material.