Durban-based designer Fikile Sokhulu has been intriguing us ever since she was a fashion student at Durban University of Technology. After graduating in 2017, she has focussed on developing her...
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Ky Bxshxff reviews SAFW SS21 catwalk shows from the comfort of their couch
Most of my fashion upbringing happened around a runway. I started my career as an intern at Joburg Fashion Week and Cape Town Fashion Week, where I worked a further six years in various roles,...
SA Fashion Week adds Artho Eksteen to its list of stellar New Talent Search winners
Established over two decades years ago, the SA Fashion Week New Talent Search competition is a well-respected industry springboard. It has helped launch the likes of household South African...
“The Coutts Collection is a great honour to our family”
Nicholas Coutts and LVMH Prize 2021 finalist Lukhanyo Mdingi first met when they were fashion students at Cape Peninsula University of Technology and Design Academy of Fashion, respectively, and...
Q&A: Sipho Mbuto says a beautiful garment should not destroy our planet
Sipho Mbuto showed his upcycled Dlala SS21 collection at SA Fashion Week on Thursday evening. Inspired by the tenacity of children who create toys with found objects, he has refashioned secondhand...
Sony World Photography Award 2021 Student Finalist features Lara Klawikowski
In her work photographer, Claudia Mauderer recognises that plastic waste material threatens nature. The young photographer and recent graduate of the Stellenbosch Academy of Design and Photography...
South Africa’s elusive fashion legend Clive Rundle is back on the SAFW runway
Clive Rundle’s clothes have always been able to speak for themselves. Famously driven by his technical prowess, attention to detail and a dedication to perfecting design crafts, the eponymous label...
Q&A: Mikael Hanan on building his luxury sustainable fashion brand FIELDS
You'll find a store at Cape Town's The Old Biscuit Mill which is as comfortable here as it would be in Paris' Le Marais district. This is a brand of understated luxury with a focus on being...
Sari for Change is more than just an upcycling fashion project
The fashion industry is one of the most polluting and wasteful in the world. After garments have been bought and worn out (some not worn out), they are discarded with, leading to over 84% of clothes...
Q&A: How a book persuaded designer Ulfah Davids to launch U.Be.You
After graduating from Cape Peninsula University of Technology in 2015, U.Be.You founder and designer Ulfah Davids worked for a local streetwear brand. Known as the first lady of TWOBOP, she became...
Q&A: Alexa Schempers uses waste as resource for her fashion brand Rethread
Alexa Schempers launched her sustainable fashion brand, Rethread, while she was studying in The Netherlands. The brand focusses on selling three categories of clothing: redesigned (upcycled),...
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...
Q&A: BOYDE’s creative director gives us the lowdown on his award-winning work
Three years after he launched his menswear brand, Joburg-based designer Samkelo “Boyde” Xaba won South African Fashion Week’s Scouting Menswear Competition. His 2020 winning collection, in...
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In this shoot, we celebrate a few South African brands that are engaging with sustainability as a design ethos and as a business model, shooting some of our favourite looks on a small-scale farm...
Q&A: Luke Radloff of UNI FORM considers the future in his design decisions
Creative director Luke Radloff had been honing his skills for several years before founding the South African fashion label UNÍ FORM two years ago. As creative director of his brand, he combines the...