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BURKINA CAMPAIGN
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burkina collection
Our primary intention is to use design and entrepreneurship as a means of service to others. In many ways, the BURKINA Collection is a culmination of this principle, cultivated throughout the preceding years since the label’s genesis. Our partnership with the Ethical Fashion Initiative brought us to Burkina Faso’s capital of Ouagadougou and into direct, tangible collaboration with the artisans of CABES - a social enterprise composed of extraordinary artisans and textile makers.   

The collection itself is born from the sensibilities of the people and landscapes that we observed and met in Burkina Faso. In an effortless blend of traditional, West African dress intermixed with sportswear and western influences, BURKINA is a testament to the craftsmanship of the CABES community and ultimately, the contemporary, sartorial articulation of the Burkinabé people.
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BURKINA RESEARCH
BY LUKHANYO MDINGI
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CABES COMMUNITY SHOT BY LUKE HOUBA
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cabes community, Ouagadougou, burkina faso
“It was a revealing experience being in the presence of those within the CABES Textile community in Ouagadougou - Burkina Faso.Craft has always been at the heart of the LM label; but being in the presence of those behind the making allowed me to understand the honesty & integrity within the provenance of it all.

I love design, I love the principles around it and I’m in awe of the human ingenuity that is cemented within the values of it. It’s been 25 years of holding onto a dream, steadily pruning and honoring the foundation that had been set into stone since I was a child. Through time and experience I now believe that using your personal gifts is the ultimate goal in maximizing your potential in this trajectory called, Life. 

This season’s new collection, BURKINA, is a poignant & personal love letter to those that have used their time, talent and trust as a means of service to me and the LM label at large. It’s through these connections where I’ve been able to shift the paradigm and use design & entrepreneurship as a catalyst in moving through service.

The marriage of it all is incredibly testing, however we’ve been held by the hands and supported by those that believe in our potential and the intentions that are woven within who we are as a label. I hope that within this new body of work - a continuum of what we do, you feel and see the perennial spirit of community & purpose.”

Lukhanyo Mdingi
CABES FILM SHOT BY ALISTAIR BLAIR
TEXTILE ARTISANS OF CABES GIE, BURKINA FASO
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