Fashion festival in Uganda looks to the earth for answers
Kwetu Kwanza highlights a new wave of designers turning waste, bark, banana fibre, and forgotten textiles into fashion
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Use it. But know what it does — to you and the ocean.
Meet the winners of the Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards 2025
A newly appointed jury of six international and local leaders selected winners across nine categories, recognising excellence in design, material innovation, trans-seasonal fashion, retail, and social impact.
Onesimo Bam on Langa streets
This Cape Town-based fashion artist took his new avant-garde collection to the oldest township in South Africa and transformed a public space. Photos: Andile Buka
Finalists announced for the 2025 Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards
Meet the 2025 finalists
The fourth edition of Confections x Collections
Over three days, Mount Nelson’s elegant halls and lush gardens, set in the heart of Cape Town, will come alive with thematic fashion shows.
Africa Textile Talks 2025. The Johannesburg edition
Join us at 44 Stanley Avenue. 9 – 12 October 2025
Meet the judges for the Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards
The new jury for 2025, 2026 and 2027
Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards 2025
Are you implementing sustainable, circular and regenerative approaches to fashion design? Are you fostering ethical practices?
What to see and do at AllFashion Sourcing 2025
AllFashion Sourcing is set to take place soon at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) from 8 to 10 July 2025. The three-day business-focused trade show is a must for anyone working in or curious about the textile and...
Students use mohair to craft sustainable fashion futures
The Cape Town-based Design Academy of Fashion (DAF) launched a game-changing project in collaboration with Mohair South Africa this year. Focused on mohair as a locally sourced, circular, and sustainable fibre, second-year students attended masterclasses about textile construction and textile-making...
The winners of the 2024 Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards
The 2024 winners of the Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards were announced at a stylish, well-attended event held at the prestigious Mount Nelson, A Belmond Hotel in Cape Town on 20 November 2024. This year 10 exceptional category champions took their...
Get to know the global experts set to judge 2024 Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards
Leading international and African minds will convene soon to judge this year’s Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards. Once the panel has completed the adjudication process, the finalists will be announced on 12 November and the winners will be announced at an...