The second annual Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards took place last night at Rewoven's recycling textile warehouse in Cape Town. Amongst the prestigious awards handed out on the night,...
Fashion
Q&A: Rebirth SA prioritises sustainable fashion in a post pandemic world
Recycling and upcycling denim from “deadstock” is on trend. We usually don't promote trends because they encourage wasteful consumerism. But we remain dedicated fans of upcycling old and...
Part One: Preferred South African animal fibre textiles
This is part one in our series on preferred South African textiles and where to find them. It's a non-exhaustive list of natural animal fibres like wool, cashmere and mohair, their...
Q&A: Style consultant Jessica Ramoshaba says consciously connect with clothes you already have
On a regular basis, the fast fashion industry’s model renders a lot of what we have in our wardrobes, dormant. It has created a consumer culture of ‘buying more and wearing less’, often...
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation: A vision of a circular economy for fashion
Ten-year-old global ‘thought leader’ in circular-thinking, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation has released its vision of a circular economy for fashion. In a circular economy, waste and...
Simon and Mary turns cactus leather into smooth hats
In a bid to move away from producing environmentally unsustainable and unethical textiles, fabric innovation has taken a front seat in the fashion industry and entrepreneurs are looking in...
Press Release: Twyg Awards 2020 finalists announced
Twyg is honoured to announce the finalists of the Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards 2020. The awards celebrate South African designers leading sustainable, ethical, circular and regenerative...
Q&A: LUNAR designers say out of crisis comes much needed change
LUNAR is a South African eco-conscious fashion and lifestyle brand that was founded in the mid 1990s by Karen Ter Morshuizen and Dominique Gatland. Fast-forward to present-day and...
How embroidery broke the silence around women’s apartheid trauma
How do we speak trauma? We know from medicine that people embody trauma, beyond words. It shows up in our hearts and our blood pressure, our dreams and our nightmares; we pass it onto our...
10 things I’ve learned in my year of no new clothes
For an entire year, I have not bought new clothes, driven by evidence of the harm the fast fashion industry does to the environment and the people who work in it. This was a big deal for...
Country Road invests R100 000 prize money in Twyg Changemaker Award
Putting their money behind sustainable fashion in South Africa, Country Road is sponsoring the Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards and a R100 000 cash prize for the winner of the Changemaker...
Four Black South African fashion designers take centre stage, on the world stage
Take a moment. We've recently experienced one of the most blatant expressions of white supremacy on global television in recent history. At the same time, we've seen four Black South...
Q&A: Ezokhetho designer, Mpumelelo Dhlamini cuts to cut down waste
Mpumelelo Dhlamini was born with creativity flowing through his veins. Growing up surrounded by hard-working, fashionable women, this creativity was nurtured, cultivated, and has...
VANKLAN is marrying creativity with conservation
Alex van Heerden, a 22-year-old fashion and textile design student, has caught the industry's attention. Alex’s fashion journey began later than most. Fresh out school, she was set to...
Fashion brands Lukhanyo Mdingi and REIGN step into the global market
Two South African brands, REIGN and Lukhanyo Mdingi, recently completed an accelerator programme with the Ethical Fashion Initiative. As part of a cohort of six hand-picked African fashion...