For Fashion Revolution Week (18-24 April 2022), students at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology paused their curriculum to create an upcycled fashion collection. They were grouped together...
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4 ways to decrease your fashion footprint this Earth Day
Since 1970, the 22nd of April has been dedicated to honouring the beautiful planet we live on. Earth day is about reflection, gratitude, and taking action to make our Earthly home healthier for...
#WhoMadeMyShoes: Nkoketse Mameste is the self-taught shoemaker of Lust Be Original
This is the fifth and final story in a five-part #WhoMadeMyClothes series that centres and celebrates the people who make our clothing for this year’s #FashionRevolutionWeek From a young age,...
#WhoMadeMyHat: No one else can do what Silma Hendricks does at The Hat Factory
This is the fourth in a five-part #WhoMadeMyClothes series that centres and celebrates the people who make our clothing for this year’s #FashionRevolutionWeek As the straw braider and machinist,...
#WhoMadeMyBag: Meet Margret Munemo maker of ONEOFEACH’s African-inspired bags
This is the second in a five-part #WhoMadeMyClothes series that centres and celebrates the people who make our clothing for this year's #FashionRevolutionWeek “My parents were both talented with...
#WhoMadeMyDress: Meet Patricia Jacobs head seamstress at Hannah Lavery
This the first in a five-part #WhoMadeMyClothes series that centres and celebrates the people who make our clothing for this year's Fashion Revolution Week. From helping her grandmother sew, to...
PICHULIK brings us hope for summer, simple sensuality and human connection
The PICHULIK headquarters is a gallery, office and design space on the bustling corner of Harrington and Albertus streets in Cape Town. This first floor atelier is where PICHULIK’s beautiful...
Fashion offers creative responses to its environmental impact for COP26
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...
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....