Designer, couturier, founder and convener. The person behind the houses, the podcast and the Banquet.
Sham Tyra Nalwanga is a self-taught designer and the founder of Sham Tyra Couture and STW. A graduate of Records and Archives Management, she began with a single sewing machine.
From her Kampala atelier she dresses the country’s most recognised women. Beyond the clothes, she convenes women and conversations through It’s More and the Women’s Banquet.
Self taught. A graduate of Records and Archives Management who chose cloth, and began with a single sewing machine.
The debut collection. Structured, dramatic silhouettes, shown at Crane Turaco Hall, Kampala Serena Hotel.
Couture and red carpet for the country's most recognised women, from Sheebah Karungi to Judith Heard.
STW arrives. Ready to wear in standardized sizing, made locally and shipped worldwide.
Dressed Miss World Uganda, Hannah Karema, for a place in the Beauty with a Purpose top ten.
The podcast. Faith, creativity and discipline, in her own room and her own words.
An institution she founded, built around the recognition and mentorship of women.
Before fashion, women. What a woman wears, the rooms she enters and the company she keeps can change her life. That conviction continues through the Banquet’s mentorship.
The Mentorship