Sankofa // Capri Leggings

[ 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. Not nostalgia — retrieval. The instruction is to reach into what came before, take what still works, and carry it forward into what you're building now.

The Kinetic Engine is what that instruction looks like rendered as cloth — gear-motif circuit-trace accent running the waistband and side seam. The Capri cut takes that same system and shortens the line: calf-length, built for studio floors and the days that don't call for full coverage.

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[ ARCHITECTURE ]

• The Pattern: Kinetic Engine — circuit-trace accent at the waistband and side seam, available in Sankofa's signature palette: Igwe Blue™, Adaeze Pink, Sango Orange, Royal Purple, Oji Black
• The Base: AdinkraFlex™ fabric technology — Engineered 75% recycled polyester + 25% elastane, 6.64 oz/yd² (225 g/m²), four-way stretch on cross and lengthwise grains.
• Adinkra are the Akan visual symbols of Ghana, each one carrying its own proverb and meaning; Flex is the engineering underneath — the stretch that lets cloth move like language does.
• The Yarn: Smooth microfiber — precision-cut and hand-sewn after printing
• The Detail: Raised waistband, contoured for women's fit
• The Cut: Calf-length capri, body-aware, true to size

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Ancestral code as hardware. Diaspora as design.
— SunBorn '26