Torishéju Dumi: Building a Fashion Brand on Her Own Terms
Operating from a studio in Tottenham, London, British fashion designer Torishéju Dumi is affiliated with the Sarabande foundation, which was founded by Lee Alexander McQueen in 2006. Her brand, Torishéju, showcases black, spectral designs at prestigious institutions like the Victoria & Albert Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Dumi, whose heritage includes a Nigerian mother and a Nigerian-Brazilian father, pursued Menswear studies at the London College of Fashion and completed her MA at Central Saint Martins in 2021. In 2023, she debuted her first collection, 'Mami Wata', followed by the 'Fire on the Mountain' collection at Paris Fashion Week for S/S 2024. She received the Savoir Faire Prize at the LVMH Prize in 2025 and is currently developing her S/S 2027 collection, aspiring to be a creative director.
Key facts
- Torishéju Dumi's studio is in Tottenham, north London, at a new Sarabande outpost.
- Sarabande was founded by Lee Alexander McQueen in 2006.
- The studio buildings were renovated by architecture studio F3 under Trino Verkade.
- Dumi's pieces are in the permanent collections of the Victoria & Albert Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- She graduated from Central Saint Martins in 2021.
- Her first collection 'Mami Wata' launched in 2023.
- Her S/S 2024 collection was shown at Paris Fashion Week with Naomi Campbell opening.
- She won the Savoir Faire Prize at the LVMH Prize for Young Designers in 2025.
- Kendall Jenner wore a Torishéju design to the Met Gala.
- Her A/W 2026 collection is titled 'When It Rains, It Pours'.
- She is working on her S/S 2027 collection, to be shown in Paris in September.
- She aspires to become a creative director of a fashion house.
Entities
Artists
- Torishéju Dumi
- Lee Alexander McQueen
- Rei Kawakubo
- Alexander McQueen
- Hussein Chalayan
- Naomi Campbell
- Craig Green
- Adrian Joffe
- Zendaya
- Jack Harlow
- Kendall Jenner
- Gladys Bentley
- Christian Dior
- Fabio Piras
- Rory Mooney
- Trino Verkade
- Sølve Sundsbø
- Gabriella Karefa-Johnson
- Jack Moss
Institutions
- Sarabande
- Victoria & Albert Museum
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- De Montfort University
- London College of Fashion
- Central Saint Martins
- Dover Street Market
- LVMH Prize for Young Designers
- Wallpaper*
- F3
- Costume Institute
Locations
- Tottenham
- London
- United Kingdom
- Hertfordshire
- Buckinghamshire
- Leicester
- Paris
- France
- New York
- United States