Leigh Ord and Jacquie Myburgh Chemaly founded Vintage with Love in 2013 to contribute to solving the literacy crisis in South Africa. Soon afterwards, Debbie Smuts joined the team in Cape Town. With the founders mutual love for fashion, they decided on hosting an...
Are you implementing sustainable, circular and regenerative approaches to your design? Are you fostering ethical practices? Are you challenging business-as-usual? If these are issues that concern you, then we’re looking for you!
Originally from Sebokeng zone 14 in Gauteng, 23-year-old Bhungane Mehlomakhulu is both a fashion designer and a professional ballet dancer - he dances by day and sews by night. “I’m like Hannah Montana,” says Bhungane. To find out more about the man and about his...
Already thousands of words have been written as reporters, commentators and analysts try to make sense of a week in South Africa that will forever be remembered as a turning point in our history. In what direction this turn takes, will be determined by what we do...
Plastics, we know, are a major scourge on the environment littering the oceans, and blocking drainages. According to Greenpeace Africa over 2 billion single-use plastic bags are used every year in South Africa. Half of all plastic produced is designed to be used only...
There is little sign on beaches and in waterways that the problem with plastic is being solved. After some recent big ocean swells, beaches have become clear evidence of a plastics crisis. Research by Dr Peter Ryan from UCT shows that between 1994 and 2012 beach...
In the first two weeks of a three-month partnership between Yaga and Foschini, 7800 people have participated in its offering and to date the second-hand clothing trading platform has seen a 20% increase in the number of registered sellers. For every second-hand item...
Sarah Robyn Farrell wears many hats. Her work as eco-communicator, writer and activist bridges social and environmental justice. And it is all reflected in her music. Following her debut single, Love in our Hearts, Sarah released a second single, Hibiscus, two weeks...
Did you know that the hemp plant is a carbon sequestrator? Did you know that hemp needs less water to grow compared to other plants commonly grown for textiles? Did you know it can be grown largely without pesticides and herbicides? Yet, despite it being legal to...
Nicholas Coutts and LVMH Prize 2021 finalist Lukhanyo Mdingi first met when they were fashion students at Cape Peninsula University of Technology and Design Academy of Fashion, respectively, and later they were not only friends but professional peers too. They...
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