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This is why Paris is watching Imprint by Mzukisi Mbane
After winning Africa Fashion Up in Paris, the South African designer is using what he learnt to build Imprint and create opportunities at home
Omoyemi Akerele is building a different kind of fashion week
Ahead of Lagos Fashion Week 2026, its founder explains how regenerative fashion could strengthen African production, preserve skills and keep more value on the continent
How South African wool could create more rural jobs
At the Karoo Winter Wool Festival, makers and rural communities are learning how processing, craft and fibre skills can turn locally produced wool into income beyond the farm gate
Q&A: How Ifebuche Madu is creating a future for Nigerian Adire cloth
The Afrikstabel founder is combining indigenous textile knowledge with cleaner manufacturing and global markets while supporting the artisans who keep Adire alive
Zanzibar seaweed farmers are growing fashion’s next material
Tanzanian biomaterials company KelTex turns locally grown seaweed into a biodegradable material to meet fashion's increasing demand for an alternative to leather
Karoo Kraal gathers a new world around wool
At the Karoo Winter Wool Festival, 71 makers explore how natural fibres can connect craft, creativity, community and the land
Why MaXhosa Africa’s Paris runway debut matters
A place on Paris Fashion Week’s runway calendar signals a new level of global visibility for the South African fashion house.
Nominations are open for the Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards 2026
The Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards 2026 celebrate designers, producers and fashion leaders advancing a more responsible African fashion industry
14 Young African innovators imagine the future of textiles
From sunflower stems and banana fibre to wool, bacteria and plastic waste, the finalists in Twyg's inaugural Textile Innovation Student Challenge show how African materials and knowledge could reshape fashion
Q&A: Sipho Mbuto treats fashion design as a craft
The Durban-based designer reflects on finding his creative voice through TFG's Sustainable Design Incubator, creating collections for Bash, and why timeless craftsmanship matters
Karabo Poppy paints a new beauty story
What happens when a multi award-winning illustrator and street artist meets Lelive’s plastic-negative, locally made philosophy?
What does Made in South Africa really mean?
As South Africa works to rebuild its clothing industry, finding a common agreement on what Made in South Africa means has never been more important
Q&A: How DunsinCrafts turns plastic sachet waste into luxury goods
Nigerian designer transforms discarded water sachets into Aso Òrá, a textile inspired by traditional Aso Oke weaving, creating luxury fashion while tackling plastic waste
Q&A: Yamkela Mahlelehlele brings Maison KOTR to Bash
The Maison KOTR founder reflects on balancing conceptual design, commercial opportunity and sustainability in a new capsule collection for Bash