Nationality Indian Years active 2009 – present | Occupation Costume designer | |
Full Name Elsa Sakhi Thomas Residence Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala Alma mater National Institute of Fashion Technology | ||
Sakhi Thomas (Malayalam: സഖി തോമസ്) is an Indian costume designer or fashion designer working predominately in the Malayalam films. Sakhi has designed costumes for notable Indian movie celebrities like Mohanlal, Prakash Raj, Manisha Koirala, Nayanthara, Dileep, Sreenivasan, Dulquer Salmaan, Fahadh Faasil, Kunchacko Boban, Asif Ali, Suraj Venjaramoodu, Manoj K. Jayan, Biju Menon, Unni Mukundan, Prathap K. Pothan, K. P. A. C. Lalitha, Siddique, Saiju Kurup, Aju Varghese, Suhasini Maniratnam, Sameera Reddy, Samvrutha Sunil, Mamta Mohandas, Nithya Menon, Shwetha Menon, Ann Augustine to name a few.
Career
Sakhi completed her graduation in commerce from Mahatma Gandhi College and went on to do a degree in fashion from the National Institute of Fashion Technology in Delhi. Post-education, she worked in the garment industry in Mumbai specialising in knits, ethnic wear and demins. Sakhi's interest in costume designing led her to pick up a job with Amirta TV, designing the costumes of participants who appeared on reality shows. Her work was noticed by Shyamaprasad, who signed her as costume designer for his upcoming movie Kerala Cafe.