A gallery in Nairobi was the site of a recent exhibition titled Tradition(al). It was anything but traditional. The works of 18 African fashion designers were showcased in the Kenyan capital from 4...
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Unveiling the true cost of fashion on Workers’ Day
The creative process of designing, making and selling fashion is fun and beautiful. But on International Workers' Day we need to remember the industry offers easy availability of cheap,...
Be inspired to mend and care at the Slow Fashion Festival in Johannesburg
Twyg and 44 Stanley Avenue are bringing the Slow Fashion Festival to Johannesburg on Saturday, 20 April. Join us for a day of experiences, including learning different arts of mending, swapping...
Fashion Exhibition: Tradition(al) explores resistance through cloth and craft in Africa
A new fashion exhibition curated by Kenyan cultural producer Sunny Dolat is a showcase of 19 designers from across the African continent who have consistently resisted the monolithic fashion system....
Designer Bubu Ogisi unmasks truths about African fabrics
In utilising waste materials, a product of an overly consumptive and decadent culture, designer Bubu Ogisi addresses colonialism and imperialism as evil spirits.
Thabo Makhetha design nurtures your tribe
Sometimes Thabo Makhetha-Kwinana likes to take a long peek inside her mother’s closets. Those spaces hold stories of tradition and custom upheld in cloth; also reminders that her own history and...
With love and care from Burkina Faso
Care is a particular kind of love, one that involves what we do for each other in this world. Care can be defined as a “species activity that includes everything we do to maintain, continue and...
How common threads transform narratives in the Middle East
Textiles and fashion emerge as unexpected yet potent agents for positive change in the context of Israel and Palestine, where tensions have endured for generations. Clothing often extends beyond...
Grounded in nature
In celebration of South Africa's sustainable fashion designers, this new editorial showcases sustainably and ethically made garments designed by Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards 2023 finalists....
2023 Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards finalists are announced
At the forefront of sustainable-fashion advocacy, Twyg’s annual Sustainable Fashion Awards strive to celebrate and support designers, creators, thought leaders and innovators who use best practices...
Confections x Collections brings a dash of new to the vintage Mount Nelson
As day five of Confections x Collections 2023 wraps up, the soft afternoon sunlight falls across Chulaap’s collection. Tilting heads and lifting chins, the ten models and the designer...
Book a table at Confections x Collections 2023 for a fashion showcase and afternoon tea
Confections x Collections is back for a second edition. Set against Table Mountain in the heart of Cape Town this annual coming-together of creative expression fuses five days of exclusive...
Maxhosa Africa defies quiet luxury to be true to its African roots
Fashion lovers from across Cape Town lined the lobby of the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa last Thursday, which in the early evening was buzzing with anticipation for the Maxhosa Africa...
Designers celebrate the Karoo landscape with new farm-to-fashion collection
Collaborators and designers Frances van Hasselt and Leandi Mulder have released a new capsule collection called Voorskoot Vygies consisting of 21 one-of-a-kind textile mappings based on timeless,...
4 Textile innovations showcased in Rome
Textiles are the core of the fashion industry, so when (re)thinking and restructuring the industry, we need to rethink textiles. Fibre production for textiles is where the fashion industry has the...