Mx Blouse, the gender non-conforming musician whose pronouns are they/them, was delighted when Amanda Laird Cherry's head designer Brendan Sturrock offered to dress them for their recent Durban...
Fashion
Why Upcycling Suits Katekani Moreku’s Design Style
Katekani Moreku who was brought up in a small village in Bushbuckridge in the north east part of South Africa is as surprised as his family that he has become a fashion designer. Welverdiend is not...
Christa Dee makes Hemp Clothes with the Future in Mind
Christa Dee talked to Camilla van Hoogstraten about her new clothing brand, Christa & Louella and about exploring ways to think about the future: Christa & Louella is an eco-luxe brand...
Made in Ethiopia: What Your Clothes’ Labels Could Mean
The fashion industry has been talking about sustainability for a good while now. The environment, living wage, circular economy, climate change are subjects high on everyone’s agenda. This week one...
What’s the stitch? Why you need to learn how to fix and darn clothes
When was the last time you mended your clothes? Have you ever? Do you keep the spare buttons that come with your purchases? As a larger woman with size 9 feet, I tend to treasure the clothes I do...
Is it possible for fast fashion company H&M to become sustainable fast enough?
Two things are clear. The fast fashion company H&M has made a commitment to “leading the change towards a circular and renewable fashion industry, while being a fair and equal company”. The...
Six Ways to Create a Wardrobe of Sustainable Fashion
If you love fashion, you're in for a treat this month. We're celebrating South African fashion at SA Fashion Week (3 – 6 April) in Johannesburg and next week at AFI Cape Town Fashion Week (11-13...
LUNAR shines a bright light on South African sustainable fashion
Today’s world of fashion gives ‘Zero Fs’ to the planet. The industry is mostly concerned with creating ever-changing trends and making dirt-cheap virgin clothing which is sold fast and cheaply via...
Using high-tech design Kye Shimizu wants to change fashion for good
Kye Shimizu is not a fashion designer, but his Algorithmic Couture project has created a new convention for fashion. “I have used code to eliminate waste and make fashion sustainable,” he says. Kye...
CLOSET WISE: My top 10 slow fashion ‘grammers
So you’re interested in learning more about sustainable fashion and about being a more conscious consumer in general? That’s great. But where do you go for information and who can you trust? With...
FVH X LM knits mohair with heritage of local craft and Karoo landscape
When Leandi Mulder and Frances van Hasselt returned from a residency in Japan, they brought back a nugget of advice. Masaki Sato told the young designers, “Embrace what is unique to your situation”....
NOT JUST A PUMA is about art, social impact and… shoes
Why would PUMA, one of the world’s leading sports brands, collaborate with an 18-month-old South African design brand, which has in turn collaborated with an NPO? Not Just A Comb recently launched a...
What will it take to fix our throwaway fashion habit?
Clothing in Britain is increasingly characterised by a high volume/low value approach to business. Judging by past precedent, consumers will discard some 680m items of clothing when they spring...
The couple wear upcycled outfits and traditional beading: is theirs the flyest wedding in Africa?
Is this the flyest wedding in Africa? When stylist and photographer Picha Marangi met Elizabeth Korikel in Turkana, a town in the northwestern part of Kenya, he found his creative soul mate. A...
What’s the Stitch? How to put fashion waste to good use
At Greenpop’s Reforest Fest last year, the crew wore T-shirts made from recycled plastic bottles. You're thinking "school design project". Or, that it is a T-shirt made from clear plastic scales...