OUR STORY

Haus of Stone is a Zimbabwean slow-fashion brand founded by Danayi Madondo in 2018. Inspired by the fantastical, it creates understated, experiential apparel for the global conscious wanderer. The brand utilizes fashion as a vehicle to narrate contemporary Zimbabwean narratives infused with heritage and cultural nuances. Its three pillars are fostering sustainable design practices rooted in waste reduction & alternative materials, visual storytelling & tactile experimentation through traditional handcraft skills. Community and collaboration are at the core of the brand.

All lost wanderers are welcome.

CREATIVE DIRECTOR              

 Creative Director & Founder

Danayi Madondo, is a Zimbabwean fashion designer, textile artist & multidisciplinary visual storyteller based in Harare. Her practice embraces an immersive storytelling approach, researching and developing sustainable cultural design traditions. Passionate about sustainable design that is rooted in regenerative materials & waste reduction. Danayi uses fashion as a vehicle to tell nuanced stories that explore Zimbabwean and broader African experiences. These stories serve as an archive, promoting cultural preservation, evolution, and creative expression. Through traditional design experimentation, she expands cultural discourse.

Danayi's textile works emerge from an intuitive and contemplative process that prioritizes the sensory experience. She interweaves diverse global and local traditional handcrafts, resulting in texturally rich textiles crafted through a regenerative design approach that minimizes textile waste.

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