FINALIST OF THE 2020 LVMH PRIZE

SINDISO KHUMALOby SINDISO KHUMALO

Sindiso Khumalo is a sustainable textile designer based in Cape Town, South Africa. She founded her eponymous label in 2015 with a passion for modern and sustainable clothing with an emphasis on African history. She studied architecture at the University of Cape Town before moving to London, where she worked for architect David Adjaye. She then went on to do a Masters in textiles futures at Central St Martins.
Inspired by her mother who was an activist, Sindiso has been motivated to bring values of social equality and female empowerment into her brand. With textiles and craft at the heart of her collections, she works closely with NGOs and small workshops in South Africa and Burkina Faso producing unique handwoven and hand embroidered textiles for her collections.
Her interests lie in the representations of black women from the turn of the 20th century and up to the 1980s, with a focus on portraiture during that period. Each garment thus tells a story about Africa and Women Empowerment.