Can animal skins help us rethink sustainable fashion?
!Khōdanab Bradley van Sitters says understanding indigenous peoples' relationships with animals can change the way we think about leather, clothing and care
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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
Made in South Africa | Government says buy local. Is it doing the same?
A new report argues that government procurement could keep billions of rands in South Africa’s clothing and textile value chain and support more local manufacturing jobs
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
Alf Kumalo’s lens on the women who marched for freedom
At FNB Art Joburg, photographs from Alf Kumalo’s archive trace the courage, resistance and everyday lives of women who fought apartheid
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
MaXhosa Africa makes Paris Fashion Week history
After five seasons on the official Paris Fashion Week calendar, Laduma Ngxokolo's luxury fashion house will present its first full Womenswear runway show, marking a milestone for African fashion
Zimbabwe fashion talent heads to Africa Fashion Week London
Two designers prepare for Africa Fashion Week London where they will showcase craftsmanship, entrepreneurship and cultural storytelling driving Zimbabwe's growing 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
Bogolan shows how heritage can build a fashion economy
As mud cloth gains international recognition, women artisans and entrepreneurs are turning cultural heritage into jobs, businesses and local value