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 that we can live in it as well as possible. That...
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...
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, Celeste Arendse...
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 using their design ethos and storytelling to create a...
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 clothes well and with love, instead of buying...
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 consumption habits. We have learnt the...
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 Earth, and redefines what it...
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 Flow is a fashion editorial...