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Ashley Heather turns e-waste into jewellery you’ll want to keep forever

Ashley Heather fell into jewellery making by accident. But since she first spotted a crucible of molten silver she has married her commitment to slow fashion and mindful consumption with her technical metalworking skills and a background in fine art....

April 3, 2020

3 Easy steps to revamping your wardrobe during lockdown

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3 Easy steps to revamping your wardrobe during lockdown

Did you know that the most sustainable clothes are the ones you already own? So use lockdown to get to know what is in your wardrobe – one of the most vital steps to becoming a sustainable fashionista. Fashion Revolution...

April 2, 2020

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Why sustainability departments are old-fashioned

Instead of applying sustainability practices across its entire business, the fashion industry has introduced them in a piecemeal fashion. Now, as we peer over a precipice of radical and unplanned change, it’s worth taking a closer look at this old-fashioned...

March 30, 2020

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Fashion must change. Lucilla Booyzen explains why

In a matter of days SA Fashion Week’s Spring Summer shows went from being a conventional live event to going digital to being postponed. Despite this, the work of SA Fashion Week will continue. We asked the event’s founder and...

March 25, 2020

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The time for slow fashion is now

Now without a doubt, it’s time to stand with slow fashion. Featuring Ghanaian model Napari, shot by a South African team, at Langebaan along the West Coast, this magical shoot celebrates slow fashion and the potential it has to correct...

March 23, 2020

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Fashion in the time of coronavirus

Talking fashion during a time of coronavirus seems fickle, but it’s in fact really important. Many institutions and organisations have had to take difficult decisions to help stop the spread of infection by cancelling gatherings, lessons and shows. This weekend...

March 17, 2020

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The beauty of doing good

Beauty is an idea, a feeling, an abstraction that means something different to everyone. It is the subject of an age-old debate. Two weeks ago, South Africa took the conversation into a very specific direction. The purpose of the Design Indaba’s...

March 13, 2020

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A new wave of fashion washes up onto our shores

Don’t be deceived. What looks like a pearl, is not a pearl. A creative team working with photographer Thirza Schaap has turned ocean plastic pollution into art – including a plastic deodorant roller ball. In a new thought-provoking photographic series...

March 2, 2020

Design Indaba inspires us to take our cues from nature

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Design Indaba inspires us to take our cues from nature

Anyone working in sustainability is pondering the big question of how we can meet the growing demand for stuff without destroying the environment. If you attended Design Indaba 2020, you’d be feeling confident that answers to this question lie in...

March 2, 2020

Sexy Jocks bring circular design to your underwear drawer

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Sexy Jocks bring circular design to your underwear drawer

If you’re looking to only wear sustainable clothes (including vintage, natural fibres, upcycled or recycled clothes), Dave Hutchison’s recent business venture might be the last piece of your eco-wardrobe puzzle. His new project is an upcycling one, turning material destined...

February 24, 2020

The Clothing Banks celebrates ten years and 10 million saved garments

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The Clothing Banks celebrates ten years and 10 million saved garments

Since its launch ten years ago, multi-award winning social enterprise The Clothing Bank has revived 10 million items of clothing waste (worth R600 million)

February 21, 2020

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What does the SA Plastics Pact mean for fashion retail?

When the South African Plastics Pact launched last month most of the buzz was about reducing, recycling and reusing plastic packaging. Conversation was thin regarding the synthetic fibre content of our clothes, the largest source of micro-plastics in the ocean. ...

February 17, 2020

Are we being hoodwinked by the sustainability buzzwords?

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Are we being hoodwinked by the sustainability buzzwords?

As we become more aware of climate change and our role in protecting the environment, we’re seeing more companies produce products dubbed ‘ethical’ and ‘eco-friendly.’ But is this authentic or are smart marketeers adapting their messaging to a new wave...

February 3, 2020

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Thrifting: The future of fashion may be in your closet

Thrifting, secondhand, and resale are fashion buzzwords. In fact, statistics suggest secondhand could overtake fast fashion in the next ten years and unlock a sustainable fashion future. According to WWD, thrifting is now a $28 billion (over R407 billion) global...

January 27, 2020

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Line of sight: Why the future of fashion is about perspective

I enjoy being informed — that’s code for: I am a nerd who takes life way too seriously — but until about two years ago, I knew little to nothing about sustainability in fashion. Now, I know how clothes get...

January 20, 2020

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