Q&A: Alexa Schempers uses waste as resource for her fashion brand Rethread
Alexa Schempers launched her sustainable fashion brand, Rethread, while she was studying in The Netherlands. The brand focusses on selling three categories of clothing: redesigned (upcycled), sustainably-made and pre-loved garments. The website states that Alexa...
Sandton City puts sustainability at its centre
Walking through Sandton City's Diamond Walk you won't miss the new exhibition of designer installations. Showcasing paper bag designs by Franz Gräbe and garments designed by some of South Africa’s top fashion designers, the exhibition is intended to celebrate and...
“Seaspiracy” Review: Find out what’s fact, what’s fiction and what to do about eating fish
This week Netflix dropped it's long-teased documentary, Seaspiracy, about an ocean in peril, drowning in plastic, pillaged by overfishing, and rife with all manner of...
Book extract: Why the act of caring for our clothes extends to the act of caring for our environment
Ahead of Fashion Revolution Week 2021 we are publishing an extract from Orsola de Castro's book Loved Clothes Last. Orsola, who together with Carry Somers, launched Fashion...
Q&A: BOYDE’s creative director gives us the lowdown on his award-winning work
Three years after he launched his menswear brand, Joburg-based designer Samkelo “Boyde” Xaba won South African Fashion Week’s Scouting Menswear Competition. His 2020 winning...
Freshly Cut
In this shoot, we celebrate a few South African brands that are engaging with sustainability as a design ethos and as a business model, shooting some of our favourite looks on a...
20/20 VISION: Can fashion be faithful to sustainability?
As a lover of words, meaty and meaningful, it pains me that so many “just-right” words have been overworked and overused to the point of becoming stale shadows of their former...
Q&A: Luke Radloff of UNI FORM considers the future in his design decisions
Creative director Luke Radloff had been honing his skills for several years before founding the South African fashion label UNÍ FORM two years ago. As creative director of his...
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Future of Fashion
Programme FULLY BOOKED. The world has hit the reset button. The global fashion industry has been...
Refashion Plastic
It’s Plastic Free July and it’s time to refashion plastic! For this year’s #PlasticFreeMzansi campaign we’ve collaborated with five designers who have made garments and accessories from plastic waste.
Slow Fashion Season
Twyg has signed up for Slow Fashion Season 2020. By collaborating, collective action and partnering we have a better chance of changing the oppressive, exploitative global fashion industry. Join us.