Sankofa Yoga Shorts in the purple, burnt orange and cyan Kinetic Engine print, front view.
Sankofa Yoga Shorts in the Kinetic Engine print, right side view.
Sankofa Yoga Shorts in the purple, burnt orange and cyan Kinetic Engine print, back view.
Close-up of the purple, burnt orange and cyan Kinetic Engine print and stitching on the Sankofa Yoga Shorts.
Sankofa Yoga Shorts in the Kinetic Engine print, front view, alternate angle.
Sankofa Yoga Shorts in the Kinetic Engine print, back view, alternate angle.
Sankofa Yoga Shorts in the Kinetic Engine print, back view, third angle.
Close-up of the high waistband on the Sankofa Yoga Shorts in the Kinetic Engine print.
Sankofa Yoga Shorts in the Kinetic Engine print, left side view.
Sankofa Yoga Shorts in the Kinetic Engine print, back view, fourth angle.
Sankofa Yoga Shorts in the Kinetic Engine print, right side view, alternate angle.
Sankofa Yoga Shorts in the purple, burnt orange and cyan Kinetic Engine print, front view.
Sankofa Yoga Shorts in the Kinetic Engine print, right side view.
Sankofa Yoga Shorts in the purple, burnt orange and cyan Kinetic Engine print, back view.
Close-up of the purple, burnt orange and cyan Kinetic Engine print and stitching on the Sankofa Yoga Shorts.
Sankofa Yoga Shorts in the Kinetic Engine print, front view, alternate angle.
Sankofa Yoga Shorts in the Kinetic Engine print, back view, alternate angle.
Sankofa Yoga Shorts in the Kinetic Engine print, back view, third angle.
Close-up of the high waistband on the Sankofa Yoga Shorts in the Kinetic Engine print.
Sankofa Yoga Shorts in the Kinetic Engine print, left side view.
Sankofa Yoga Shorts in the Kinetic Engine print, back view, fourth angle.
Sankofa Yoga Shorts in the Kinetic Engine print, right side view, alternate angle.
Sankofa Yoga Shorts in the purple, burnt orange and cyan Kinetic Engine print, front view.
Sankofa Yoga Shorts in the Kinetic Engine print, right side view.
Sankofa Yoga Shorts in the purple, burnt orange and cyan Kinetic Engine print, back view.
Close-up of the purple, burnt orange and cyan Kinetic Engine print and stitching on the Sankofa Yoga Shorts.
Sankofa Yoga Shorts in the Kinetic Engine print, front view, alternate angle.
Sankofa Yoga Shorts in the Kinetic Engine print, back view, alternate angle.
Sankofa Yoga Shorts in the Kinetic Engine print, back view, third angle.
Close-up of the high waistband on the Sankofa Yoga Shorts in the Kinetic Engine print.
Sankofa Yoga Shorts in the Kinetic Engine print, left side view.
Sankofa Yoga Shorts in the Kinetic Engine print, back view, fourth angle.
Sankofa Yoga Shorts in the Kinetic Engine print, right side view, alternate angle.
Sankofa Yoga Shorts in the purple, burnt orange and cyan Kinetic Engine print, front view.
Sankofa Yoga Shorts in the Kinetic Engine print, right side view.
Sankofa Yoga Shorts in the purple, burnt orange and cyan Kinetic Engine print, back view.
Close-up of the purple, burnt orange and cyan Kinetic Engine print and stitching on the Sankofa Yoga Shorts.
Sankofa Yoga Shorts in the Kinetic Engine print, front view, alternate angle.
Sankofa Yoga Shorts in the Kinetic Engine print, back view, alternate angle.
Sankofa Yoga Shorts in the Kinetic Engine print, back view, third angle.
Close-up of the high waistband on the Sankofa Yoga Shorts in the Kinetic Engine print.
Sankofa Yoga Shorts in the Kinetic Engine print, left side view.
Sankofa Yoga Shorts in the Kinetic Engine print, back view, fourth angle.
Sankofa Yoga Shorts in the Kinetic Engine print, right side view, alternate angle.

Sankofa // Yoga Shorts

SPEC-ID: 083 // LATEST DROP // PHILLY ENGINEERED
$39.99

Heat is information. Sankofa Yoga Shorts — high waistband, gusseted, coverstitched flat so nothing bites at the fold. For the sessions that leave a mark on the floor. Reach back. Move forward.

Size: XS
[ SIZE GUIDE ]
MADE TO ORDER — most U.S. orders arrive in 9–12 days from purchase to delivery.
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Intl9-20 days
Return14 days
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Sankofa Yoga Shorts in the Kinetic Engine print, right side view.
Sankofa // Yoga Shorts
$39.99

[ HELIX//LOOM // VOLUME I // SANKOFA ]

The Helix//Loom™ is SunBorn's translation apparatus — the protocol that converts inherited cultural code into wearable form. Sankofa is its first volume.

Sankofa means go back and fetch it. What's behind you isn't finished with you — it's material.

The Kinetic Engine is the design system that runs on that idea. Long before engineering had a vocabulary, weavers across West Africa were writing structure into cloth: pattern as protocol, garment as transmission, the loom as the first machine that read a stored instruction and produced an object. The gear-motif circuitry banded across the waist of these shorts is that inheritance rebuilt as hardware — royal purple, forge copper, signal cyan. The ancient restricted pigment put back into motion, and wired.

Old code. New chassis. Same engine.

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[ ARCHITECTURE ]

  • The Pattern: Kinetic Engine — royal purple, forge copper and signal cyan gear geometry across the waistband
  • The Base: 75% recycled polyester + 25% elastane, 6.64 oz/yd² (225 g/m²), four-way stretch
  • The Yarn: Soft microfiber, printed then cut and sewn
  • The Detail: High waistband, triangle-shaped gusset, flat seam and coverstitch
  • The Fit: Body-flattering, built to hold through intensity

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Sankofa Yoga Shorts // Women's
Volume I of the Helix//Loom™
Ancestral code as hardware. Diaspora as design.
— SunBorn '26

Maintenance protocol not specified for this garment.

LOGISTICS MANIFEST // ENGINE-TO-ORDER

Every SunBorn piece is engineered specifically upon order confirmation. This specialized production protocol ensures zero-waste manufacturing and high-precision garment construction.

PHASE 1: DISPATCH PROTOCOL & AUTOMATION

  • The Locking Window: Our logistics network is highly automated. Your order is transmitted to manufacturing hubs immediately upon checkout. You have a strict 12-hour window from purchase to request an address correction or cancellation. Once a garment enters the active printing phase, the order is locked.
  • Verification & Design: 24-48 hours.
  • Technical Packaging: Items undergo final QC before sealing.
  • Tracking Generation: Your unique Logistics Tracking ID is generated within 48 hours of dispatch.

PHASE 2: TRANSIT DATA

  • Split Shipments: Multi-item orders may dispatch in separate packages. Each has its own tracking.
  • Estimated Transit: NORTH AMERICA: 9-12 days (order to delivery) / EUROPE: 6-15 days / INTERNATIONAL: 9-20 days.

PHASE 3: RETURN & EXCHANGE PROTOCOL

  • Customized Equipment (Final Sale): Any garment with personalized modifications is irreversibly engineered to your spec. All custom editions are Final Sale. SunBorn Protection still applies for manufacturing defects.
  • Defect Returns: 14-day window from delivery for replacement or refund on manufacturing deviations. Photographic evidence required.
  • Condition Requirement: Unworn, unwashed, original condition with internal tags intact.

PHASE 4: LIABILITY

  • SunBorn is not liable for packages marked Delivered then misplaced at the destination.
  • International customs and duties are the responsibility of the recipient.
TECH SPEC // ARCHITECTURE

SANKOFA // YOGA SHORTS

FABRIC TECH
  • 75% recycled polyester, 25% elastane for fulfillment in the US/Mexico
  • 82% polyester, 18% elastane for fulfillment in Latvia
  • Fabric weight: 6.64 oz./yd.² (225 g/m²) US/Mexico; 6.78 oz./yd.² (230 g/m²) Latvia
  • Very soft four-way stretch fabric
  • Soft microfiber yarn
  • Triangle-shaped gusset crotch, flat seam and coverstitch
DIMENSIONS
See size guide →
PRODUCTION
Engineered to order · Philadelphia · Distributed global manufacturing
SPEC-ID
083 // SUNBORN ARCHIVE
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Sankofa // Yoga Shorts
Sankofa // Yoga Shorts
$39.99