A mother-son duo remind us that in life, we wear many hats, and that everyone has a story to tell. For Simphiwe Ismael Khumalo and his mother Tulisile Jaqueline Radebe, their crochet hat brand,...
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Africa Textile Talks 2023 prepares to explore the future of sustainable textile ecosystems
The global textile industry has become one of the most socially and environmentally harmful industries in the world. Challenging these impacts begins with sharing ideas and inspiration for...
MICAM Milano presents SS24 shoe trends at the world’s biggest footwear fair
The world's biggest Italian footwear fair, MICAM Milano is presenting spring / summer 2024 footwear trends in Milan this September. For its 96th edition, MICAM Milano's theme is “Walk your Way”,...
The Slow Fashion Collective is growing an inclusive circular clothing system
With the smell of freshly ground coffee flooding in from the cafe next door and the light bustle of people haggling for discounts on second-hand clothing, The Slow Fashion Collective is situated in...
Khayelitsha Fashion Week 2023 celebrates the creative resilience of township designers
From Paris Fashion Week to the homegrown runways of South Africa Fashion Week and Cape Town Fashion Week, it's been a busy year for the fashion world. For the Mother City there's been an extra...
Gorgeous upcycled outfits at Midlands Trashion Show remind us that plastic isn’t always pretty
Plastic pollution is one of the greatest polycrises of our time. Since its invention in the late 1800s, plastic has slowly become ubiquitous in our lives – in our homes, streets, and oceans – to...
Rethread Africa turns farm waste into future-fit fabrics
Some deep breaths you take change you forever. For Charles Oyamo it was inhaling the scent of fertile soil from the lands his parents worked in the villages of Migori County in South West Kenya....
Designer dresses up a jet plane in recycled G-Star RAW denim
One of the 21st century’s most important designers, Maarten Baas, has clad a private jet in recycled G-Star RAW jeans linking hyper-consumption with the super-wealthy. For the exhibition More or...
7 Upcycling brands reimagining fashion waste in SA
At the heart of the circular fashion future lies the concept of upcycling. Upcycling, in practice, involves transforming discarded materials or products into new items of higher value or quality. It...
New collaboration brings the farm to your wardrobe in local, ethical production process
POLO South Africa has collaborated with Gerber & Co to produce their first ever 100% locally produced and manufactured mens' knitwear collection made of South African merino wool. The fashion...
Fashion’s youth usher in a new era of care and community
For Youth Day, Twyg fashion director Tandekile Mkize created NU ERA a fashion editorial to celebrate a new era of care and community. We spoke to the designers who are featured in the shoot to find...
Twyg heads to Decorex Cape Town in slow fashion style
As our understanding of sustainability and social responsibility grows, so do we increasingly recognise that design needs to adapt and innovate to meet these challenges. Fashion is not exempt from...
Why the overconsumption of sustainable fashion won’t change the status quo
Something isn't adding up: at the heart of the sustainability movement is the recognition that overconsumption – and the resulting waste – is bad news for the environment. But statistics show that...
Samkelisiwe Mhlongo-Setshedi: “No machine can replace work done by the human hand”
Growing up between a rural location near the Valley of a Thousand Hills and Hammarsdale, a township west of Durban where books and resources were limited, Samkelisiwe Mhlongo-Setshedi became a...
3 Tips for upcycling from zero-waste designer LaaniRaani
Upcycling is the practice of giving a garment that could go to waste a new lease on life. This could mean deconstructing it entirely and creating something new, or just adding a few embellishments...