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SA Fashion Week 2022 Maps a Sustainable Way Forward

We can no longer deny the fashion industry’s role in the layered social and ecological crises playing out across the world. But, fashion also adds immense value to our lives as a medium for expression, storytelling, and creativity. And so,...

May 4, 2022

The Red Dress Threads Together Stories of Embroiderers Around the World

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The Red Dress Threads Together Stories of Embroiderers Around the World

“As far as I know, this is the slowest dress that has ever been made. It’s a real antithesis to the fast fashion movement and instead of treating workers and artisans without respect and integrity, in this dress the artisans...

May 3, 2022

The District Six Huis Kombuis Memory Project uses Homecrafts to Evoke Memory

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The District Six Huis Kombuis Memory Project uses Homecrafts to Evoke Memory

“At the District Six Museum, we are trying to facilitate a pilgrimage of return. We want people who lived in District Six to feel a sense of belonging because if you don’t have roots, you feel lost,” says Tina Smith,...

May 3, 2022

Q&A: Mother of Gao designer reflects on her slow, nature-inspired process

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Q&A: Mother of Gao designer reflects on her slow, nature-inspired process

I first came across Mother of Gao on Instagram and was immediately drawn to their warm, welcoming earth tones and products that balance form and beauty while prioritising a mindful design process. Natural dyeing and making use of fabric waste...

April 29, 2022

The Keiskamma Art Project retrospective will make South African art history

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The Keiskamma Art Project retrospective will make South African art history

Today, Freedom Day, marks 28 years since South Africa became a democracy. Despite this, our collective project for freedom and justice is far from over. So many stories are missing from our public consciousness and historical canons – stories belonging...

April 27, 2022

Cowgirlblues hand-dyes local, natural yarns that soothe our souls

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Cowgirlblues hand-dyes local, natural yarns that soothe our souls

Knitting is one of those nostalgic tactile practices that we turn to for its soothing effect. In our busy lifestyles, we can’t keep up with our minds and urgently need a return to our hands. This return to our hands...

March 30, 2022

Discover South African brands with The Local Edit App

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Discover South African brands with The Local Edit App

To embrace the ethos of slow fashion, we need to choose community over convenience. And, if we want to grow the slow fashion community, we need to find ways to make it accessible to different kinds of people with different...

March 28, 2022

Q&A: Sibabalwe Ndlwana finds sustainable design solutions in traditional practice and nature

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Q&A: Sibabalwe Ndlwana finds sustainable design solutions in traditional practice and nature

Sibabalwe Ndlwana is a Cape Town-based weaving artist, textile designer, and researcher. Her practice as a textile maker focuses on utilising the meditative processes of handweaving, weaving together personal narratives, memory, and abstract landscapes while paying homage to ancient artisanal...

March 25, 2022

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3 South African Shoe Brands Making Slow Fashion Strides

We love local! And, we especially love local brands who are combining style and slow fashion to bring us garments and footwear that allow us to express ourselves without causing harm to the planet nor people. One part of slow...

March 7, 2022

Artist Zyma Amien Celebrates the Art of Garment Workers

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Artist Zyma Amien Celebrates the Art of Garment Workers

“Once I was in art school, I looked back and realised that I had been living in a home of artists my whole life,” says Zyma Amien, “we didn’t become artists – we always were artists.” Zyma was 46 years...

March 1, 2022

Fuata Moyo: A family following their heARTs

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Fuata Moyo: A family following their heARTs

Imagine this family portrait. The backdrop is Fuata Moyo’s new production space, a few days after the Mbiola siblings took occupation. Kabambi (KB) is in his paint-splattered dungarees and customised carrier bag, Martine sits on a chair draped in an...

February 9, 2022

The Clothing Banks celebrates ten years and 10 million saved garments

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The Clothing Banks celebrates ten years and 10 million saved garments

Since its launch ten years ago, multi-award winning social enterprise The Clothing Bank has revived 10 million items of clothing waste (worth R600 million)

February 21, 2020

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Meet the Trio Who Weaves Fashion Waste into Fashion Fabric

You’ve read stories about upcycling, recycling and reconstructing unused clothes to avoid them reaching the dump. But have you thought of what happens to the textile waste that is left on factory floors during the making of our clothes? Many...

September 24, 2019

What is Levi’s doing about its social and environmental responsibilities?

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What is Levi’s doing about its social and environmental responsibilities?

There is a good chance that when you read “denim”, Levi Strauss & Co will spring to mind. Not only because the brand has been around for 166 years, but because it has been grabbing headlines recently. Levi’s is one...

August 25, 2019

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Author: Stella Hertantyo

SA Fashion Week 2022 Maps a Sustainable Way Forward

The Red Dress Threads Together Stories of Embroiderers Around the World

The District Six Huis Kombuis Memory Project uses Homecrafts to Evoke Memory

Q&A: Mother of Gao designer reflects on her slow, nature-inspired process

The Keiskamma Art Project retrospective will make South African art history

Cowgirlblues hand-dyes local, natural yarns that soothe our souls

Discover South African brands with The Local Edit App

Q&A: Sibabalwe Ndlwana finds sustainable design solutions in traditional practice and nature

3 South African Shoe Brands Making Slow Fashion Strides

Artist Zyma Amien Celebrates the Art of Garment Workers

Fuata Moyo: A family following their heARTs

The Clothing Banks celebrates ten years and 10 million saved garments

Meet the Trio Who Weaves Fashion Waste into Fashion Fabric

What is Levi’s doing about its social and environmental responsibilities?

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