Umsiki wengqephu ongumakadebona waseThekwini, ongusomabhizinisi, onqobayo nowemukela izindondo ezahlukahlukene kanye nendima yokulingisa, uLindiwe ungumsiki wengqephu waseNingizimu Afrika onethalente igalelo lakhe liyaziwa izweni lasekhaya neyakwamanye amazwe njengase-Marseiles, e-France naku-Europa Sun Umbukiso Wemfashini e-Cannes. Useke wavela nakwi-BBC, eLondon.
ILindiwe Kuzwayo Fashion Design Studio cc yasungulwa ngo-1986, isikhule kusuka ekusebenziseni umshini wokuthunga owodwa nje ukubamba iqhaza emicimbini eminingi ehlonishwayo emhlabeni jikelele. Inkampani engudadewabo, iLindiwe Kuzwayo Academy of Fashion Design (Pty) Ltd inikela ngezinsiza zokufundisa kanye nogqozi kubantu abasha abafisa ukwenza imfashini njengomsebenzi wokuziphilisa. Ukubona lokhu, uKuzwayo wanikezwa i-Award for Excellence in the Field of Job Creation (Durban) ngo-2000 njengoba iningi labafundi bakhe bakudala sebengosomabhizinisi abaphumelelayo.
IKolishi laqalwa ngonyaka ka-1986 njengesikhungo esizimele se-Clothing Production and Design ngenhloso yokufinyelela kuthalente elifihlekile abantu bakithi abanalo kepha liswele izindawo zokufunda ezingeni eliphakeme lokuhlola ukuklama njengomsebenzi. Ngokusebenzisa izifundo nokuzijwayeza ukwenza lesi sikhungo, abafundi bathola amakhono abawenza afanelekele noma yimuphi umsebenzi wokuklama imfashini.
Uthole imiklomelo eminingi ngokuphumelela kwakhe, imiklomelo efana ne-: The Lebone Women on the Move by SABC in 1997, TWIB (Technology for Women In Business), Inkanyezi Award evela e-Desk for Abused Women ngo-2001, Impumelelo SA Top 300 Empowerment Companies ngo-2002.
ULindiwe uphinde waklonyeliswa i-Daily News and Gcina Mhlophe Amavulandlela (Those Who Came First) Award.
ULindiwe ube nembukiso e-France, Egypt nase-Hungary, e-New York nase-Denmark. Ube yijaji waphinde waklamela i- M-NET Face of Africa pageant in Zambia and Namibia kanye ne-The SAA Flight Attendant pageant in 2001 e-Kyalami, Johannesburg. Ubambe iqhaza emcimbini ohlonishwayo we-Culture to Couture eGoli, owawubanjwe, wahlelwa i-SABC 2 ne- Africa Images Fashion Extravaganza e-Zambia.
Impumelelo yakhe ekwakhiweni kwemfashini idlulela ekubambeni iqhaza ku-South African Fashion Week nasekubambeni iqhaza kwi-Durban Fashion Week kusukela yaqala. Ngo-2007, wayephakathi kwabambalwa babaqambi abaphezulu ababezoqokelwa ukufaka isandla ebangeni le-MTN Yellow Carpet. Ngo-2009 uLindiwe wayeseqenjini lamajaji engqephu kwi-Vodacom Durban July futhi engumsiki wengqephu omenyiwe weV-odacom Durban July ngo-2010.