Why is El Nino making us hot, and what we should wear to feel cooler
Our expert climate and sustainability contributor explains the global weather phenomenon and how clothes can protect you from the heat
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Indigo is life in action
At this indigo dye workshop in Johannesburg, Aboubakar Fofana taught me much more than dyeing cloth blue
Magic made by Wanda Lephoto x Canvas Studios
Here is the proof that designer and retailer collaborations work
What it takes to weave Africa’s textile future
Africa Textile Talks 2026 explored how care for landscapes, livelihoods and local knowledge can shape a regenerative fashion and textile future
Wanda Lephoto: “To make clothes is to create inheritance”
The South African designer argues that cultural knowledge, inherited craft and personal histories give African fashion a form of value that factories and technology alone cannot reproduce
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
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.