Catherine Del Monte, Author at twyg

6 South African fashion brands celebrating heritage and culture

Fashion is more than just threads on your body. At the recent book launch of Africa Fashion, which showcases a cultural renaissance in fashion across the African continent, Jeanine Benjamin, COO of Merchants On Long and Okapi, said: What we...

September 6, 2022

7 Indigenous nurseries to know for spring planting

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7 Indigenous nurseries to know for spring planting

Spring is nearly upon us which means…gardening season! And plenty of planning whether you’re adding to, rejuvenating an established garden, or starting from scratch. But what to plant and where to source? According to multiple sources, “South Africa is home...

August 2, 2022

Top 8 sustainable perfumeries in South Africa

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Top 8 sustainable perfumeries in South Africa

From rituals and ceremonies across cultures, to self-expression, perfume has been a powerful sensory companion for thousands of years. In the 19th century, synthetically-derived scents began to take over from naturally-derived scents. The switch to commercial, mass-produced synthetic fragrances –...

July 20, 2022

5 Ways to responsibly rehome clothes you no longer wear

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5 Ways to responsibly rehome clothes you no longer wear

The circular fashion movement is a response to environmental, social and economic impacts of the fashion industry’s waste crisis. We now know that hundreds of thousands of tonnes of clothing end up in landfill, are burnt or are jettisoned by...

June 7, 2022

7 Fresh Produce Subscription Boxes to Help You Support Small and Local

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7 Fresh Produce Subscription Boxes to Help You Support Small and Local

In South Africa, the movement to support local, small-scale growers and farmers is on the rise as citizen-consumers have become more aware of the effects of large-scale commercial farming on their health and the environment. Supporting local food systems is...

May 3, 2022

6 Retail Spaces Selling Local Fashion Brands

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6 Retail Spaces Selling Local Fashion Brands

The 18th to the 24th of April marks Fashion Revolution Week. In the lead up, we thought it would be a good idea to share a few brick-and-mortar retail spaces that provide a unique shopping experience for looking, feeling, and...

April 5, 2022

Practice planetary care and mindful mending at Greenpop’s Reforest Fest

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Practice planetary care and mindful mending at Greenpop’s Reforest Fest

We are officially living in the Decade of Ecosystem Restoration – A global call to action launched by the United Nations Environment Programme last year in collaboration with the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation and set to run to 2030...

March 16, 2022

Rental Revolution: 4 South African Clothing Rental Services

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Rental Revolution: 4 South African Clothing Rental Services

Along with thrifting and swapping, clothing rental has exploded in the fashion industry. It satiates our desire for newness while offering a more circular, sustainable, and accessible alternative to the current linear, fast fashion model. Bonus, the renter doesn’t have...

March 1, 2022

7 Experience Gifts For The Month Of Love

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7 Experience Gifts For The Month Of Love

If the past two years of living between curfews and quarantines have taught us anything it is the value of sharing tangible moments. With restrictions relaxed and more of our freedoms slowly restored, thanks largely to the advent of vaccines,...

January 31, 2022

Slow down on this Western Cape slackpacking trail

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Slow down on this Western Cape slackpacking trail

Just over Sir Lowry’s Pass, an hour’s drive from Cape Town, is a slice of hikers’ heaven: the renowned Blue Mountain Trail. Regarded as a punchier sister to the Green Mountain Trail — a four-day, 60km slackpacking hike founded in...

March 10, 2021

One year later: Do Li Edelkoort’s predictions for a post-Covid fashion era still ring true?

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One year later: Do Li Edelkoort’s predictions for a post-Covid fashion era still ring true?

Just over a year ago Li Edelkoort said the virus is possibly “a gift for the planet”. It will teach us to slow down, produce less, consume less, and use what we already have to create mindfully. The international trend...

March 8, 2021

Part Two: Preferred South African plant fibre textiles

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Part Two: Preferred South African plant fibre textiles

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,...

January 11, 2021

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Q&A: Shamyra Moodley sees the future of sustainable fashion as DIY-fashion-meets-art

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 weeks...

November 27, 2020

Q&A: Style consultant Jessica Ramoshaba says consciously connect with clothes you already have

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Q&A: Style consultant Jessica Ramoshaba says consciously connect with clothes you already have

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...

November 6, 2020

Simon and Mary turns cactus leather into smooth hats

Fashion

Simon and Mary turns cactus leather into smooth hats

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...

November 2, 2020

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Author: Catherine Del Monte

6 South African fashion brands celebrating heritage and culture

7 Indigenous nurseries to know for spring planting

Top 8 sustainable perfumeries in South Africa

5 Ways to responsibly rehome clothes you no longer wear

7 Fresh Produce Subscription Boxes to Help You Support Small and Local

6 Retail Spaces Selling Local Fashion Brands

Practice planetary care and mindful mending at Greenpop’s Reforest Fest

Rental Revolution: 4 South African Clothing Rental Services

7 Experience Gifts For The Month Of Love

Slow down on this Western Cape slackpacking trail

One year later: Do Li Edelkoort’s predictions for a post-Covid fashion era still ring true?

Part Two: Preferred South African plant fibre textiles

Q&A: Shamyra Moodley sees the future of sustainable fashion as DIY-fashion-meets-art

Q&A: Style consultant Jessica Ramoshaba says consciously connect with clothes you already have

Simon and Mary turns cactus leather into smooth hats

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