In utilising waste materials, a product of an overly consumptive and decadent culture, designer Bubu Ogisi addresses colonialism and imperialism as evil spirits.
Fashion
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...
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...
6 Social impact CMTs restitching fashion’s values
In the heart of South Africa's fashion landscape, a silent transformation is unfolding – one that intertwines heritage, innovation, and conscience. Cut, Make, Trim manufacturing businesses, often...
Remind me, what does slow fashion mean?
Slow fashion is not just about countering the speed of an inherently unsustainable fast fashion system. It is also an acknowledgement of the multiplicity of fashion ways needed to build a better...
Kwetu Kwanza celebrates and educates fashion in Uganda
The annual Ugandan sustainable fashion event, Kwetu Kwanza, acts as a platform to motivate, educate, and empower designers to embrace sustainable fashion and offer the rest of us a glimpse into the...