Mega industry’s rising carbon emissions, electric vehicles and endangered environments have long since dominated the landscape of international climate change conventions. This year, as the focus of...
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8 years after the Rana Plaza tragedy, Bangladesh’s garment workers are still bottom of the pile
The 2013 Dhaka garment factory collapse, killing more than 1,100 workers and injuring 2,600 more, is the clothing industry’s worst ever industrial incident. It is not just the body count, though,...
Book extract: Why the act of caring for our clothes extends to the act of caring for our environment
Ahead of Fashion Revolution Week 2021 we are publishing an extract from Orsola de Castro's book Loved Clothes Last. Orsola, who together with Carry Somers, launched Fashion Revolution in 2013, a...
Long read: Why you should join the Fashion Revolution
The national co-ordinator of Fashion Revolution South Africa Cyril Naicker addressed a UN panel discussion on Sustainable Fashion for All: Examining the Industry through the Lens of Social Justice....
Study: What socio-environmentally friendly fashion needs in South Africa
In her PhD thesis, titled Socio-Environmentally Friendly Framework For South African Fashion Design Entrepreneurs: An Exploratory Study, Nailejileji Mollel-Matodzi developed a framework that...
Q&A with Hadeel Osman on nurturing slow fashion in Sudan
Meet the Sudanese slow fashion advocate Hadeel Osman who launched the #AfricaIsNotALandfill hashtag. She is national co-ordinator of Fashion Revolution and an ambassador for Slow Fashion Season.
Happy Hats by Crystal Birch will make you and Earth happy
From a young, dynamic milliner working in an old Cape Town building, comes a fresh idea. Crystal Birch has launched Happy Hats by Crystal Birch, taking her design practice into the future of a...
Why South African corporate fashion brands scored badly in the Transparency Index
Four South African brands were assessed by Fashion Revolution for its Transparency Index 2020 which was released last month. All of them scored within the 11 - 20% range, which is below average....
Want to know who is behind the Fashion Revolution? Meet Orsola de Castro
Orsola co-founded Fashion Revolution in 2013. Since then, the campaign has grown into a global movement of people demanding a fairer, safer and more sustainable fashion industry. Find out more
When the revolution comes this is what you’ll be wearing
Fashion Revolution South Africa curated a fashion show for African Fashion International Cape Town Fashion Week. Here is the list of designers you can look forward to seeing.