For Cape Town-based textile artist, Gina van der Ploeg, textiles are not an end in themselves. Instead, she honours the entire process of making textiles by exploring the different parts of the textile supply chain in her art. “It’s crazy to me that we can just go to...
Textiles are the core of the fashion industry, so when (re)thinking and restructuring the industry, we need to rethink textiles. Fibre production for textiles is where the fashion industry has the most impact, according to the Science Based Targets and the World...
Not so long ago more than a third of cars were electric. When gasoline was discovered, this changed, with petrol cars dominating roads for over a century. For a while a future - or a return to the past - without petrol cars was mere science fiction. Now, one in seven...
The world's biggest Italian footwear fair, MICAM Milano is presenting spring / summer 2024 footwear trends in Milan this September. For its 96th edition, MICAM Milano's theme is “Walk your Way”, encouraging radical self-expression. President of MICAM Giovanna Ceolini...
With the smell of freshly ground coffee flooding in from the cafe next door and the light bustle of people haggling for discounts on second-hand clothing, The Slow Fashion Collective is situated in the heart of Cape Town’s vintage fashion district: Lower Main Road,...
As our understanding of sustainability and social responsibility grows, so do we increasingly recognise that design needs to adapt and innovate to meet these challenges. Fashion is not exempt from this. During its three decades of existence, Decorex has become the...
Faced with the complex environmental and social problems created by plastic, a group of creative thinkers, conservationists and artists gathered for a workshop in a Langa studio on a cold winter’s Saturday morning. The group was tasked with creating functional art and...
The slow, considered process of craft is what Jana Visser loves most about creating textile art. The 2023 Loewe Foundation Craft Prize finalist says that the intricate, time- and labour-intensive process is a means to discovery and reflection. The creative director of...
Struck by the heaps of textile waste produced by our fashion industry and the social injustice that leaves many women unemployed Justine Engelbrecht, found a solution by combining fashion with social impact. Situated in East Rand, Johannesburg, Tweak Fashion is a CMT...
In a celebration of local fashion, this past weekend, SA Menswear Week (SAMW), in partnership with Week of Fashion, showcased its biggest selection of designers to date, with over 106 designers walking the runway for the AW23 season. SA Menswear Week is Africa’s only...
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