When it comes to transforming fashion’s status quo, Country Road is making sustainability their company culture and setting the tone for other retail giants to do the same. The Australian retail...
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Q&A: Jesmine Davids shares the making of Rebirth SA’s AW23 collection
Rebirth SA is a Johannesburg-based clothing brand established by founder and creative director Jesmine Davids, in 2018. “The brand is inspired by the streets for the streets practicing sustainable...
2 Young local designers join Casa93 in disrupting the industry at Paris Fashion Week
After an almost two-year-long mentorship and intercontinental correspondence with Paris-based alternative fashion school, Casa93, two South African sustainable designers – Nkosazana (Zaza) Hlalethwa...
7 South African hat brands to keep you shaded in style
With our outdoor lifestyles, we are susceptible to the sun's harmful UV rays. This means that as we gear up for the heat of summer, having a hat to protect you is a summer essential. “Since my...
What is the role of influencers in sustainable fashion?
We’ve all been there: a celebrity or Instagram influencer raves about a garment, and styles it impeccably, and all of a sudden we think we need it too. Social media has proven to be a powerful...
Q&A: Tsakani Mashaba says Hamethop resists the fashion establishment
Hamethop's embodies diverse realities through fashion and design, allowing those who engage with it to reflect on how they can define themselves. This is according to the Hamethop website. Based in...
Q&A: Sekayi Mwila Fundafunda crafts stories about “ourselves, about Africa”
Based in Lusaka, Zambia, Sekayi Mwila Fundafunda works as a sustainable fashion and innovation management professional. She is also the co-founder and creative director of MaFashio Co. a collective...
Mount Nelson Hotel to host fashion-infused high teas celebrating South Africa’s top designers
We are in a golden age of South African fashion. In recent years, multiple South African fashion designers have been internationally-recognised for their invaluable contributions to the worlds of...
Q&A: Samantha Rayment showcases the work of local artisans through handcrafted rope bags
KELP by Ray is a Cape Town-based sustainable fashion brand that sells a range of high-quality cotton rope bags. Each bag is individually handcrafted by local artisans in the Mother City from locally...
11 Sustainability inspired designers who showed at #WeekOfFashion
SA Menswear Week has always been a much-loved portal to new ideas and the raw talent conceptualising them. As the event morphs into a #WeekOfFashion to include womenswear, the producers continue to...
Q&A: Tanisha Neill’s capsule clothing brand encourages creativity over consumption
The beginnings of N I S H can be traced back to an old roll of beautifully weighted upholstery linen found in a garage in Cape Town. This found fabric was the input of Tanisha Neill's first fashion...
Why biodiversity must be on your fashion agenda
Biodiversity is what maintains the stability of our ecosystems. We rely on biodiversity for food and energy, and we depend on its indispensable role in sustaining air quality, providing fresh water...
6 Fashion brands that use hemp
As the slow fashion movement grows, more brands are opting for materials that are environmentally friendly, use less water and energy, and are renewable. Hemp is one such hero fibre. Hemp is a...
Q&A: Sabelo Shabalala on why Richmanskyf merges streetwear and high-end fashion
Local designer, Sabelo Shabalala, is defying fashion’s rules and merging the worlds of high-end luxury with streetwear. The culmination is his boundary-pushing brand, Richmanskyf, which he describes...
Q&A: Teju Adisa-Farrar on using indigenous practices to shape the future
Based in the United States, Teju is an environmental equity consultant, speaker, and creator and host of the Black Material Geographies podcast. Teju’s lens includes sustainable fibre and fashion...