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Lezanne Viviers: Imagine if plastic were as valuable as gold?

Johannesburg’s luxury design brand VIVIERS Studio has reimagined plastic as a scarce resource. With plastic waste materials, creative director Lezanne Viviers has made a luxury trench coat following the principle that her clothes must allow the wearer the freedom “to...

July 30, 2020

Fashion

Q&A with Hadeel Osman on nurturing slow fashion in Sudan

Meet the Sudanese slow fashion advocate Hadeel Osman who launched the #AfricaIsNotALandfill hashtag. She is national co-ordinator of Fashion Revolution and an ambassador for Slow Fashion Season.

July 17, 2020

Q&A with sustainability artist Rose-Marie Burger

Opinion

Q&A with sustainability artist Rose-Marie Burger

Needing change, visual artist Rose-Marie Burger moved to an isolated farm in the Northern Cape last year. There, she lives off the grid and focuses on her art. She specialises in bold, line work which celebrates the female form. “I...

June 26, 2020

‘Plastic-free’ fashion is not as green as it seems

Opinion

‘Plastic-free’ fashion is not as green as it seems

We have all become more aware of the environmental impact of our clothing choices. The fashion industry has seen a rise in “green”, “eco” and “sustainable” clothing. This includes an increase in the use of natural fibres, such as wool,...

June 24, 2020

The innovation and sustainability of creating images during lockdown

Fashion

The innovation and sustainability of creating images during lockdown

In her monthly column, Modupe Oloruntoba says creative solutions for working around COVID-19 restrictions may offer new avenues for improving sustainability in fashion image production.

June 22, 2020

Fashion

Shift in Flow

Fashion is exploring and evolving as it breaks away from hallowed traditions. It might very well be in the process of becoming an industry that considers its impact on the environment, placing its focus on quality rather quantity. Shift in...

June 15, 2020

Zaynab Sadan shares her personal guide to an eco-friendly lifestyle

Opinion

Zaynab Sadan shares her personal guide to an eco-friendly lifestyle

We have lost our connection to nature says Zaynab Sadan. The masters science graduate from the University of Cape Town says it was researching and discovering how many different systems co-exist that drove Zaynab’s determination to resolve some of the...

June 12, 2020

The Covid coat offers upcycled protection

Fashion

The Covid coat offers upcycled protection

Cape Town-based design and manufacturing studio, The Sewing Café, is taking care of front-liners and commuters to help keep them safe with these affordable, practical, comfortable and easy-to-sanitise coats and suits made from upcycled banner ads. The Sewing Café’s Athene...

June 11, 2020

Aaniyah Omardien’s 9 tips for an eco-friendly life

Opinion

Aaniyah Omardien’s 9 tips for an eco-friendly life

Aaniyah Omardien is the founder and director of The Beach Co-op, a Cape Town-based non-profit organisation which seeks to reconnect people and nature. “As a family of five I realise that we have a heavy footprint and impact on the...

June 8, 2020

Fashion

Lagos Fashion Week: Highlights from Woven Threads

The fourth annual edition of Woven Threads, held last month, was a fully digital event. Because of the global pandemic, studio visits, talks and workshops highlighting the work of ten designers with a focus on responsible practices were held online....

May 21, 2020

Fashion

Q&A: Nkwo Onwuka’s fashion brand is driven by the philosophy of less

Nkwo is the founder founder and creative director of the Nigerian artisanal clothing brand NKWO. The environmentally-conscious brand is rooted in ‘the philosophy of less’.

May 15, 2020

How IAMISIGO weaves stories to decolonise the mind

Fashion

How IAMISIGO weaves stories to decolonise the mind

The IAMISIGO mission is to decolonise the mind thoroughly. Creative director Bubu Ogisi finds little-known historical stories in remote African communities and applies these to fibres and garments, “as a form of silent protest to post and neo-colonialism”. Bubu who...

May 14, 2020

Fashion

Long Read: Fashion, Sustainability and Decoloniality

This week at the Future of Fashion symposium hosted by Rewoven, Dr Erica de Greef delivered a keynote. Titled Fashion, Sustainability and Decoloniality, she explores the concept of decoloniality and its relevance to thinking critically – from a perspective of the global South...

December 7, 2019

Fashion

Jackie May: “Fashion weeks are more important now than ever before”

When SA Fashion Week opened a few weeks ago it was against the backdrop of United Kingdom’s Extinction Rebellion calling for an end to London Fashion Week and a boycott of fashion. Questions were raised about the relevance of fashion weeks....

December 2, 2019

Designer tracks Europe’s throwaway clothing to Salaula market in Zambia

Fashion

Designer tracks Europe’s throwaway clothing to Salaula market in Zambia

When Lotte de Haan first arrived in Zambia three years ago, she spotted someone wearing a soccer club T-shirt from the Dutch village where she grew up. “I was so surprised. It is a super-local soccer club.” At the time,...

November 18, 2019

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Lezanne Viviers: Imagine if plastic were as valuable as gold?

Q&A with Hadeel Osman on nurturing slow fashion in Sudan

Q&A with sustainability artist Rose-Marie Burger

‘Plastic-free’ fashion is not as green as it seems

The innovation and sustainability of creating images during lockdown

Shift in Flow

Zaynab Sadan shares her personal guide to an eco-friendly lifestyle

The Covid coat offers upcycled protection

Aaniyah Omardien’s 9 tips for an eco-friendly life

Lagos Fashion Week: Highlights from Woven Threads

Q&A: Nkwo Onwuka’s fashion brand is driven by the philosophy of less

How IAMISIGO weaves stories to decolonise the mind

Long Read: Fashion, Sustainability and Decoloniality

Jackie May: “Fashion weeks are more important now than ever before”

Designer tracks Europe’s throwaway clothing to Salaula market in Zambia

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