View from inside: Why made-in-South Africa is the better option for local retailers
An industry expert explains what the true cost is of the retailers “search, buy, search again” cycle and why it is seldom taken into consideration.
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When the revolution comes this is what you’ll be wearing
Fashion Revolution South Africa curated a fashion show for African Fashion International Cape Town Fashion Week. Here is the list of designers you can look forward to seeing.
Jaden Smith: Meet G-Star RAW’s new climate warrior
Watch the video launch of the sustainable denim collection in FW18.
Five winners of the H&M Global Change Award could change the face of fashion
Initiated by the non-profit H&M Foundation, these awards spur early stage innovations in helping fashion recirculate valuable resources. Here are the 2018 winners.
Designer Heath Nash’s new workshop helps you turn trash into money
A team of Langa creatives gather daily to address the needs of their community by making things and earning money by upcycling waste.
12 Fast facts about fashion
We buy clothes every season that we can replace the next without breaking our bank accounts. But this fast fashion comes at a cost to the people making those clothes and to the environment.
Helsinki Fashion Week walks the green talk this year
A mere babe on the fashion week scene, Helsinki Fashion Week has taken a giant leap into the future. This year the fashion week will be showing 30 sustainable brands in an eco-village environment.
Q&A: SA Fashion Week director Lucilla Booyzen on her visit to Buckingham Palace
Lucilla explains how she took a design created by Clive, in collaboration with House of Thethana, to London.
Q&A: Photographer Mário Macilau on his work and the collapse of the Mozambican trash heap
Mário has focussed his work on environmental issues and the living and working conditions of the most vulnerable people for most of his life. We chatted to him about his most recent work.
Look out for these speakers at Design Indaba 2018
We have combed through the list of Design Indaba speakers looking for those talking directly to sustainability. These are the four speakers we will follow closely.
Last minute Valentine’s Day ideas for sustaining love
We've compiled a list of local, sustainable ideas for you to share with your loved one.
How sustainable is the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa?
During the drought, it is apt to be thinking critically about the sustainability of Cape Town's buildings. The MOCAA is no exception.
If you are vegetarian, have you thought about cows going extinct?
Do you believe that because they are a domestic species it is not as important to lose them as it is to lose pandas or wolves?
Wild about this 100% natural, organic cosmetic brand
This Cape Town brand takes inspiration from African botanicals and traditional beauty remedies.
All at Sea: Meet Three Women Saving Our Ocean
Our oceans are under threat. Be it pollution, destruction of ecosystems, overfishing, ocean warming and acidification, humankind has been damaging the seas. These women are cleaning up the mess.