Awards
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...
29 Finalists for the Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards 2024 are announced
The finalists for the Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards 2024 are announced.
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...
A night fit for our stars: the 5th annual Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards
Designers, members of the media, finalists, judges, sponsors and visionaries turned out in well-heeled force at the Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards event on Thursday 23 November 2023. To celebrate sustainable fashion’s finest, the fifth annual edition of the awards took...
2023 Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards finalists are announced
At the forefront of sustainable-fashion advocacy, Twyg’s annual Sustainable Fashion Awards strive to celebrate and support designers, creators, thought leaders and innovators who use best practices to help change fashion. After thoughtful consideration by our panel of esteemed judges –...
Meet the stellar line up of judges for the 5th edition of the Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards
For the fifth annual edition of the Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards, our panel of judges bring a strong global perspective to the 2023 awards. This will be the second year this panel will be judging the awards. We are confident...
South African story-tailor Cleo Droomer uses fashion to restory the past and shape the future
South African story-tailor Cleo Droomer’s design practice is engaged with the philosophical – and practical – enquiry into how the future should embody the past. In a fashion industry that is separated from the past, Cleo’s artfully constructed patchwork Droom...
Q&A: Stephanie Bentum’s approach to textile making gives her star quality
Stephanie Bentum is a textile maker whose work has been travelling internationally through her collaborations with renowned South African designers, Lukhanyo Mdingi and MMUSOMAXWELL. Stephanie’s natural fibre of choice is wool, which she sources locally from farmers with ethical and...
Hotel Verde is Africa’s greenest hotel – here’s why
Conveniently situated a stone’s throw from the Cape Town international airport, Hotel Verde Cape Town Airport is widely regarded as Africa’s greenest hotel. Founder Mario Delicio’s intention from the get-go was to provide sustainable accommodation and to ensure that the...
Long read: Renée Neblett on why we need an African renaissance in fashion
Social activist and founder of Kokrobitey Institute in Ghana, Renée Neblett delivered the keynote address at the fourth edition of theTwyg Sustainable Fashion Awards on 17 November 2022. She addressed a room of designers, makers, fashion visionaries and changemakers who...
Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards is South African sustainable fashion’s night out
The fourth edition of the Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards are proof that sustainability is at the heart of South African fashion. The annual awards recognise sustainable, circular and ethical fashion. On 17 November designers, makers, fashion visionaries and changemakers gathered...
Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards 2022 winners are announced
Twyg announced this year’s Sustainable Fashion Awards winners on 17 November 2022 at the Mount Nelson hotel in Cape Town. Designers and brands were awarded for their implementation of sustainable, ethical, circular and regenerative design. The over all winner is...
Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards 2022 Finalists Announced
The annual Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards strive to celebrate and support designers, creators, thought-leaders, and innovators who use best practices to help change fashion. The fourth annual edition of the Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards will be held on Thursday, 17...
Big retailers must take the lead with sustainability – Country Road shows us how
When it comes to transforming fashion’s status quo, Country Road is making sustainability their company culture and setting the tone for other retail giants to do the same. The Australian retail brand has a clear 2025+ strategy with targets that...