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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

Life doesn’t come with a manual, it comes with a mother

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Life doesn’t come with a manual, it comes with a mother

We asked 6 sustainable fashion designers to send us photos of them with their mothers, and to tell us about what their mothers mean to them.

May 10, 2020

Q&A: Designer Fezokuhle Dimba wants to make the world a better place

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Q&A: Designer Fezokuhle Dimba wants to make the world a better place

Durban-based designer Fezokuhle Dimba turns waste plastic and scraps of fabric into edgy afro-centric looks. Raised and nurtured by women who not only adored fashion but crafted their own clothes, it was just a matter of time before Fezokuhle developed...

May 8, 2020

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The Stylist’s Role in Sustainability

While designers and a handful of executives are applauded and scrutinised about sustainability, fashion is a team sport. Stylists, who are key to this team, are in a powerful position to create desirable imagery of sustainability that can influence consumer...

April 28, 2020

Q&A Nombuso Khanyile treads lightly with Afrikan Passion Designs

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Q&A Nombuso Khanyile treads lightly with Afrikan Passion Designs

Nombuso Khanyile, a Durban-based designer and BSC Biochemistry and Microbiology graduate, stitches her heart and soul into handmade leather products which are upcycled from tyre and plastic material. Afrikan Passion Designs was realised in 2015 by Nombuso’s now partner, Nisbert...

April 24, 2020

Q&A: St Reign’s founder Samkelisiwe Mhlongo explains vegtan leather

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Q&A: St Reign’s founder Samkelisiwe Mhlongo explains vegtan leather

St Reign is a minimalist leather lifestyle brand inspired by slick, simple, clean lines that make for timeless statement pieces. Founder Samkelisiwe Mhlongo uses vegtan leather pieces. Vegtan is leather that is tanned using plant-based dyes, rather than the harmful chemicals used in conventional...

April 18, 2020

Q&A with designer Siphelele Ntombela about his African Renaissance Designs

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Q&A with designer Siphelele Ntombela about his African Renaissance Designs

African Renaissance Designs celebrates the aesthetic traditions of the Zulu, Xhosa, Ndebele and Swati tribes. Head designer of the brand and Design Indaba 2020 emerging creative Siphelele Ntombela studied textile design at the Nelson Mandela University in Port Elizabeth where...

April 12, 2020

Vogue Italia’s blank cover suggests an infinite sadness and the beginning of a new story

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Vogue Italia’s blank cover suggests an infinite sadness and the beginning of a new story

The cover of Vogue Italia’s April 2020 edition is blank. Gone is the original cover photograph, which showed a model wearing a blue-checked Louis Vuitton twin suit against a blue backdrop, her gaze earnest, with a hint of defiance. Gone...

April 9, 2020

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Pending: Khayelitsha Fashion Week celebrates African fashion heritage

Zola Booi, fashion designer, founder of the Fashion Entrepreneur Training Programme and an ambassador of National Youth Development Agency writes about plans for Khayelitsha Fashion Week during the year of Covid-19. Although Khayelitsha Fashion Week has been postponed, Covid-19 has...

April 6, 2020

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