
Good Good Good takes Mekeka Designs barkcloth to Paris Fashion Week
At the Africa Textile Talks in August 2024, Ugandan textile experts Josephine Mukasa and Pamela Kyagera presented barkcloth—an indigenous and renewable Ugandan textile—to an audience of 200 in Cape Town. The designers from Good Good Good were in attendance, and five...

5 Fashion creatives and their slow fashion commitments
Small shifts can have a big impact. Deciding to mend our clothing, shop secondhand, or breathe new life into the clothes we already own through clever styling are simple yet impactful ways to reduce our fashion footprint. With that in mind, Nobanzi Sokhuthu asked five...
Explainer: The politics of crochet couture
From haute couture and fast fashion to your grandmother's craft cupboard - crochet is everywhere right now. But it's not only crochet: quilting, lace, needlepoint and other...
Thobeka Mbane drives inclusive fashion with purpose and power
As a culture strategist and stylist, it’s without a doubt that Thobeka Mbane is a tastemaker. For over a decade, she’s had a hand in engineering some of the most iconic images of...
Look at us
The new Wanda Lephoto campaign is a beautiful love to letter to a community of lovers, friends and family. “We want to celebrate and highlight our friends and family whose works...
AI is bad for the environment, and the problem is not just about energy consumption
Artificial intelligence technologies, like chatbots, are attracting growing scrutiny for their voracious energy demands. However, energy consumption is only one part of their...
Green your fashion with GOTS
In an ideal world, all fashion and textiles should have positive impacts on people and planet. The production of fibres and fabrics should not harm soil health, water,...
44 Stanley is a beloved hub for conscious shopping
A little more than two decades ago a collection of scruffy 1930s light industrial buildings in Johannesburg were converted into a creative and business hub. When Brian Green...
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Twyg Swap&Mend events
Recirculating clothing that already exists is one effective way to tackle fashion’s waste crisis and limit the demand for new clothing. Clothes swaps have become a fun and Earth-friendly way to do this.
Sustainable design resources
We don’t have much time to change consumption habits and production patterns to address climate change and social justice. To save you time, we have curated this list of essential resources.
Shop guilt free in Cape Town
We know that traveling, in general, isn’t the most eco-friendly activity, so being mindful of how you spend your money is important. We tailor sustainable shopping tours for you.