Thu la sindi biography

Thula Sindi is a South African founder of popular clothing brand called “Thula Sindi’. He was born in Klerksdorp. He first realised his love for fine arts at a young age and this quickly turned into a passion for fashion: “I found fashion a perfect medium to mix colours, concepts and proportions,” he says.

Thula then moved to Johannesburg where he matriculated from the National School of the Arts in the year 2001, and thereafter went on to study at LISOF (London International School of Fashion).

Remarkably, Thula Sindi landed his first job – as head designer at Dutch textile company Vlisco – the day after he graduated!

After showing at South African fashion week under Vlisco in 2005, Thula started developing his own range, which hit the runway at the South African Fashion Week in 2006 (a year in which he earned a semi-finalist spot at the Nederburg Rare fashion finds contest).

Since 2006, Thula Sindi has been ranked in the top tier of South African fashio