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The Fold reveals and preserves fashion heritages

The Fold reveals and preserves fashion heritages

African textile heritages hold clues to how we can change fashion and disrupt stereotypes. “African fashion is interwoven with values of ancient principles such as sustainability, respect, culture, and knowledge that couldn't be more crucial in modern times,” says...

Remind me, what does slow fashion mean?

Remind me, what does slow fashion mean?

Slow fashion is not just about countering the speed of an inherently unsustainable fast fashion system. It is also an acknowledgement of the multiplicity of fashion ways needed to build a better fashion system. Slow fashion is a mindset. Kate Fletcher, in her paper...

6 Takeaways from Africa Textile Talks 2023

6 Takeaways from Africa Textile Talks 2023

African textiles are woven pathways to a more sustainable world. With the shared acknowledgment that the production of textiles can contribute to transforming the material conditions of livelihoods across the continent, about 200 people gathered for the...

A beginners guide to mending resources

A beginners guide to mending resources

By mending and repairing your clothing, you are making sure that you can wear it for longer, which means you are slowing down how much you consume and making sure that less goes to waste. There are two common types of mending: visible and invisible. Visible mending is...

How to Earth Day 2023

How to Earth Day 2023

This year marks the 53rd anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement, commemorated annually as Earth Day. Since 1970, billions of individuals from more than 190 countries worldwide have come together every April 22nd to take action toward a greener,...

Our work is in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 12, which aims to ensure sustainable consumption and production. Read More