Threads of Renewal II: Weaving memory, healing, and future-making
This exhibition explores two interconnected themes — Memory & Ancestry and Healing & Resistance — transforming fabric into a vessel for remembrance, care, and renewal.
Author: Tandekile Mkize
Q&A: How Mahlobisa Shiburi weaves care into sustainable African fashion
Tandekile Mkize chats to Mahlobisa Shiburi, recent Villioti Fashion Institute graduate and the designer behind Carmen's Parys.
Beneath Karoo Skies: A sensory homage to South African wool
Set in an old sheep shearing shed, Wool World: Beneath Karoo Skies reimagined the space as a sanctuary of tactile beauty and unfolded through four sections that reflect the cyclical rhythm of nature. The rawness of the shed became part...
Ella Buter has created a much-loved fashion brand with enduring appeal
In an industry dominated by fleeting trends and fast fashion, Ella Buter has carved out a space where timeless design, inclusivity, and thoughtful craftsmanship take centre stage. Her approach—slow, deliberate, and deeply personal—led to the creation of Superella, a brand...
Threads of Africa: A Tapestry of Tradition and Modernity
African fashion is an expression and celebration of the continent’s identities, cultures and creativity. At the recent Africa Textile Talks in Cape Town, Merchants on Long, one of the event sponsors, collaborated with Twyg to create a fashion installation to...
Give them each a crown
Five South African designers showed fashion collections at The Chelsea Factory in New York on 12 September. Manthe Ribane Liebmann, Keneilwe Mothoa, Gugu Peteni, Tsakane Mashaba and Thando Ntuli were selected by the 2024 #GiveHerACrown campaign powered by Jaquar to...
With love and care from Burkina Faso
Care is a particular kind of love, one that involves what we do for each other in this world. Care can be defined as a “species activity that includes everything we do to maintain, continue and repair our ‘world’ so...
Grounded in nature
In celebration of South Africa’s sustainable fashion designers, this new editorial showcases sustainably and ethically made garments designed by Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards 2023 finalists. Thirty one finalists were selected from a total of 103 nominations by an independent and...
Three designers showcase collections that fuse fashion with their cultural heritage
Culture is not stagnant. It is dynamic, ever-evolving, and with deep roots. As culture evolves, mediums through which it is expressed and remembered evolve too. Fashion is one of these mediums. On 8 June 2023, local fashion designers, Thabo Makhetha,...
Fashion’s youth usher in a new era of care and community
For Youth Day, Twyg fashion director Tandekile Mkize created NU ERA a fashion editorial to celebrate a new era of care and community. We spoke to the designers who are featured in the shoot to find out how they are...
4 Styling tips for falling in love with your clothes again
In a fashion system that thrives on disposability, one of the most radical acts of care is to love the clothing in our wardrobes. For this, a powerful tool is to understand your personal style which helps you use your...
Essential Elegance
Trends may come and go, but elegance will always remain in style. These pandemic years have allowed us to pause, reflect, and examine what is truly essential in our lives. For many, this lens has extended to our clothing and...
A Time For New Dreams
In the lush Newlands Forest where dappled light leaves a dreamscape, we create versions of self and become all we wish to be through the transformative power of fashion. Soulful and transcendent, A Time For New Dreams reconnect us with...
Shift in Flow
Fashion is exploring and evolving as it breaks away from hallowed traditions. It might very well be in the process of becoming an industry that considers its impact on the environment, placing its focus on quality rather quantity. Shift in...