Twyg Award Winner Archives

The Hat Factory

The Hat Factory is a Cape Town hat manufacturer founded in 1936 as Parisian Milliners by the Fakto family, and today run by local milliner Crystal Birch. The studio produces hats for private clients and local brands, helping to preserve...

December 1, 2025

Thrift Fest

Thrift Fest is a Cape Town-based retail initiative and community platform that began as a Facebook group for buying and selling second-hand items. Since 2014, it has evolved into a travelling market, hosting events across various venues to provide accessible,...

November 27, 2025

Earth Age

Earth Age is a South African accessory and wearable art brand founded in 2020 by Amy Kunz, Elektra Georgiadis, and Ashley Wager. The brand celebrates the feminine collective, the natural world, and artistic expression through meticulously handcrafted hats, bags, and...

November 27, 2025

WOTE: K.I. Design

WOTE K.I. Design is a Ghana-based fashion collective founded by Renée Neblett and Esi Ellen Otoo. Working within the Kokrobitey Institute, WOTE demonstrates how African craft, weaving heritage, and botanical dyeing can meaningfully shape the future of sustainable fashion. The...

November 27, 2025

klein MUIS

Klein MUIS is a ready-to-wear fashion brand by Aidan Peters. The brand creates menswear and womenswear by upcycling secondhand garments. Klein MUIS's designs are conceptual, rooted in research, and a reflection of culture and history.

November 19, 2025

Wanda Lephoto

Established in 2018, Wanda Lephoto is a luxury South African fashion brand driven by storytelling, heritage, research, and process. The brand draws inspiration from the African spirit, focusing on three pillars: plurality, community, and circularity. Their mission is to create...

November 19, 2025

UNI FORM

UNI FORM is a Johannesburg-based fashion brand founded by designer Luke Radloff. The brand is known for its elevated classics and forward-thinking silhouettes, producing slowly made pieces using techniques such as weaving, beading, and hand-sewing.

October 8, 2025

Sindiso Khumalo

Sindiso Khumalo launched her eponymous Cape Town–based womenswear brand in 2014. The label is known for its heritage storytelling, hand-printed textiles and natural fibres. Sindiso crafts garments intended to be cherished heirlooms.

October 8, 2025

sinCHUI

SinCHUI is a Cape Town-based slow design streetwear brand founded by Robyn Agulhas. The brand creates garments that are size-inclusive and gender-neutral, through limited runs and on a made-to-order basis. SinCHUI addresses the issue of waste in fashion through innovative...

August 26, 2025

VERSE

VERSE produces leather bags and accessories by hand in their Woodstock studio. Founder Shelley Lee started VERSE using leather scraps and making simple pieces like key rings and pencil cases. Today, she employs five artisans who create luxurious yet understated...

August 26, 2025

Botanical Nomad

Ira Bekker, also known as the Botanical Nomad, creates natural dyes with locally foraged botanicals and natural fibres. Ira contributes to South Africa's slow fashion system by teaming with designers who want to create biodegradable and earth-friendly textiles. Ira also educates...

June 11, 2025

GUGUBYGUGU

Award-winning GUGUBYGUGU was established by Gqeberha-born designer Gugu Peteni. Her brand is known for its high-quality knitwear, made with locally produced merino wool and mohair. GUGUBYGUGU blends African heritage with street style silhouettes and high fashion in responsible and sustainable...

April 22, 2025

Mother of Gao

Mother of Gao is a South African brand that focuses on considerate, sustainable design across fashion and décor. Having recently debuted its first clothing collection at South African Fashion Week, the brand has grown from its origins in accessories to...

April 22, 2025

Athena A

After witnessing the harm of overproduction and waste in the fashion industry, Casbeth Tshegofatso Marobane founded her eponymous label in 2025. Casbeth creates creative and culturally inspired pieces with a focus on craftsmanship, heritage and conscious design.

April 22, 2025

ZURI and IMANI

ZURI and IMANI is a surface pattern and textile design studio known for its contemporary take on African prints. After discovering that African wax cloth prints were not actually designed by Africans, the duo set out to change the narrative...

April 17, 2025

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Label: Twyg Award Winner

The Hat Factory

Thrift Fest

Earth Age

WOTE: K.I. Design

klein MUIS

Wanda Lephoto

UNI FORM

Sindiso Khumalo

sinCHUI

VERSE

Botanical Nomad

GUGUBYGUGU

Mother of Gao

Athena A

ZURI and IMANI

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