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Model activist Liyanna B talks sustainability and influencer culture in 2020

Black and Brown folks have always been sustainable, it’s not a foreign concept, if anything it’s been a way of life from the beginning of time for many of us. This is what South African model and activist Nomfundo Liyanna...

July 3, 2020

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How designer Hamzeh Alfarahneh refashions his kitchen’s plastic waste

In the first of five articles about designers who participated in the #RefashionPlastic campaign for Plastic Free Mzansi, Hamzeh Alfarahneh explains the shift in thinking this project inspired.

July 3, 2020

The innovation and sustainability of creating images during lockdown

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The innovation and sustainability of creating images during lockdown

In her monthly column, Modupe Oloruntoba says creative solutions for working around COVID-19 restrictions may offer new avenues for improving sustainability in fashion image production.

June 22, 2020

Q&A with designer Tessa O’Halloran on rethinking plastic waste

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Q&A with designer Tessa O’Halloran on rethinking plastic waste

Exciting things are happening in a small studio in the Karoo where plasticity. re-imagines waste plastic. This bespoke upcycling company based in Graaff-Reinet in the Eastern Cape was founded by Tessa O’Halloran, her mother Helen and her little sister Erin...

June 19, 2020

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11 Shoe brands we’re loving right now

We’ve been on the lookout for sustainable footwear brands on the South African and international market that combine comfort, sustainability, and social responsibility. We’ve come up with a list of environmentally-savvy and innovative footwear brands with the kind of quality...

June 17, 2020

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Shift in Flow

Fashion is exploring and evolving as it breaks away from hallowed traditions. It might very well be in the process of becoming an industry that considers its impact on the environment, placing its focus on quality rather quantity. Shift in...

June 15, 2020

The Covid coat offers upcycled protection

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The Covid coat offers upcycled protection

Cape Town-based design and manufacturing studio, The Sewing Café, is taking care of front-liners and commuters to help keep them safe with these affordable, practical, comfortable and easy-to-sanitise coats and suits made from upcycled banner ads. The Sewing Café’s Athene...

June 11, 2020

Transcript: Interview with SACTWU’s Etienne Vlok about the retail and textile masterplan

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Transcript: Interview with SACTWU’s Etienne Vlok about the retail and textile masterplan

On Wednesday, 3 June, editor-in-chief of Twyg Magazine, Jackie May was in conversation with SACTWU’s National Industrial Policy Officer, Etienne Vlok to discuss the retail, clothing, textile, footwear and leather (R-CTFL) masterplan which was signed by major CTFL retailers, manufacturers,...

June 8, 2020

The best sustainable materials for your face mask

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The best sustainable materials for your face mask

Since face masks have become a mandatory wardrobe staple in South Africa, the clothing industry has been rapidly fashioning face masks out of all kinds of material from pillowcases, old jeans to coffee filters. But do we know what is...

May 28, 2020

Q&A: Makhosazane Sekgwama transforms T-shirt waste into designer homeware

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Q&A: Makhosazane Sekgwama transforms T-shirt waste into designer homeware

Inspired by the KwaZulu-Natal landscapes, Makhosazane Sekgwama crochets baskets, pot plant covers, pouffes, throws and rugs using recycled cotton fabric from waste fabric. The philosophy of Makhosazane’s brand, Rosa Handmade, is underpinned by sustainability. The textile artist believes that products...

May 22, 2020

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Lagos Fashion Week: Highlights from Woven Threads

The fourth annual edition of Woven Threads, held last month, was a fully digital event. Because of the global pandemic, studio visits, talks and workshops highlighting the work of ten designers with a focus on responsible practices were held online....

May 21, 2020

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Global Fashion’s Underbelly Is On Show This Season

On show this season are not new summer trends, but the fashion industry’s nasty underbelly. What is being done to address this? Here are three encouraging actions that been taken.

May 19, 2020

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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. While this is the second year Mr...

May 19, 2020

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Q&A: Nkwo Onwuka’s fashion brand is driven by the philosophy of less

Nkwo is the founder founder and creative director of the Nigerian artisanal clothing brand NKWO. The environmentally-conscious brand is rooted in ‘the philosophy of less’.

May 15, 2020

How IAMISIGO weaves stories to decolonise the mind

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How IAMISIGO weaves stories to decolonise the mind

The IAMISIGO mission is to decolonise the mind thoroughly. Creative director Bubu Ogisi finds little-known historical stories in remote African communities and applies these to fibres and garments, “as a form of silent protest to post and neo-colonialism”. Bubu who...

May 14, 2020

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