This is *part two in our series on preferred textiles available in South Africa and where to find them. It's a non-exhaustive list of natural plant fibres like cotton, linen hemp, and rPET, and includes their sourcing and processing practices, and where to find them....
Founder of Plaiin and graduate in organic skincare formulation, Megan Cozens sums up skincare well: “Ultimately, you want a product with as few ingredients as possible. Simple, yet effective.” She says the more we care about what we put onto our bodies, the more it...
Former accountant turned designer Shamyra Moodley recently participated in her first fashion show. Selected as one of the six designers to join African Fashion International's 2020 year-long Fastrack programme, Shamyra was tasked to create three new looks in three...
On a regular basis, the fast fashion industry’s model renders a lot of what we have in our wardrobes, dormant. It has created a consumer culture of ‘buying more and wearing less’, often due to the poor quality of the cheap clothing and the drive to buy the next...
In a bid to move away from producing environmentally unsustainable and unethical textiles, fabric innovation has taken a front seat in the fashion industry and entrepreneurs are looking in their fruit baskets and at their local flora and fauna for inspiration to...
LUNAR is a South African eco-conscious fashion and lifestyle brand that was founded in the mid 1990s by Karen Ter Morshuizen and Dominique Gatland. Fast-forward to present-day and designers Nicola Luther and Sonja Stanislaus-Kaw Di-Aping have picked up the baton from...
People are hungry. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) estimates that over 2 billion people across the globe do not have regular access to safe, nutritious and sufficient food. According to the organisation, in one year an additional 10...
Putting their money behind sustainable fashion in South Africa, Country Road is sponsoring the Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards and a R100 000 cash prize for the winner of the Changemaker category. Founder and director of Twyg, Jackie May, says, "There is a popular...
Leila Walters is crafting what she calls intentional textiles, dedicated to the slow and handmade. Her brand, Crosspolynations was developed as a platform for creative exploration in 2018 after a sojourn to India during which all her research and ideas she had...
Mpumelelo Dhlamini was born with creativity flowing through his veins. Growing up surrounded by hard-working, fashionable women, this creativity was nurtured, cultivated, and has culminated into his luxury ready-to-wear brand, Ezokhetho. The brand name is isiZulu for...
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