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Isabelle Lotter: “Fashion weeks perpetuate our problems”

On an international level, fashion weeks have started to leave a bad taste in people’s mouths. There have been calls for fashion weeks to be scrapped in favour of climate protests. Some fashion weeks have been cancelled, others have changed their mantra...

December 2, 2019

Fashion

How fashion designer Thebe Magugu uses high-tech to tell a story

Technology has been instrumental in mechanising and speeding up the manufacturing process of clothing. Now, we’re turning to new technology to better manage these processes to slow the industry down and to reduce waste. Technology helps consumers and brand owners...

November 25, 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

Long Read: Do we possess our possessions or do they possess us?

Features

Long Read: Do we possess our possessions or do they possess us?

In 1859, around 450 passengers on the Royal Charter, returning from the Australian goldmines to Liverpool, drowned when the steam clipper was shipwrecked off the north coast of Wales. What makes this tragic loss of life remarkable among countless other...

November 8, 2019

Nature is centerstage at arteBOTANICA’s Nirox springtime takeover

Fashion

Nature is centerstage at arteBOTANICA’s Nirox springtime takeover

As humanity seemingly heads towards extinction it’s hard not to be completely overwhelmed by the magnitude of climate change. Don’t feel gloomy. With arteBOTANICA’s inaugural showcase taking place at NIROX Sculpture Park on Saturday, South Africans have the opportunity to...

November 6, 2019

How can we support sustainable fashion? Johannesburg fashion academic offers her advice

Features

How can we support sustainable fashion? Johannesburg fashion academic offers her advice

On our mission to create and inspire sustainable lifestyles, we chatted to fashion design academic, Desiree Smal. Besides her on-going teaching, she has written a doctorate on sustainable fashion in South Africa and continues to research the issue here and...

November 5, 2019

Artwork ‘Floating, Flying’ Asks That People Be Treated with Respect

Fashion

Artwork ‘Floating, Flying’ Asks That People Be Treated with Respect

Turkana, in the far reaches of Northern Kenya, is a stark, arid region and home to the world’s largest desert lake. The area, long neglected while Kenya instead focussed on its green, agricultural south, is now the centre of a...

October 1, 2019

Fashion

Six Things You Should Know About The True Cost Of Fast Fashion

From crop tops to mum jeans and bombers, fashion trends are making their way into wardrobes around the world faster than ever, thanks to social media, its thousands of influencers, and the enormous business opportunity it represents for brands. As...

September 30, 2019

Fashion

Meet the Trio Who Weaves Fashion Waste into Fashion Fabric

You’ve read stories about upcycling, recycling and reconstructing unused clothes to avoid them reaching the dump. But have you thought of what happens to the textile waste that is left on factory floors during the making of our clothes? Many...

September 24, 2019

Greta Thunberg: “Change Is Coming, Whether You Like It Or Not”

Features

Greta Thunberg: “Change Is Coming, Whether You Like It Or Not”

This is the full speech that Greta delivered at the UN Climate Action summit in New York on Monday: This is all wrong. I shouldn’t be standing here. I should be back in school on the other side of the...

September 24, 2019

Winners of the 2019 Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards announced

2019 Awards

Winners of the 2019 Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards announced

Finally, the night arrived to celebrate and recognise local designers’ who innovate and create beautiful, sustainable fashion.The inaugural Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards event attracted more than 100 designers, retailers and environmental activists to the Rooftop on Bree in Cape Town...

September 20, 2019

Flygskam? If You’re Feeling Flight Shame Here’s What To Do About It

Opinion

Flygskam? If You’re Feeling Flight Shame Here’s What To Do About It

It’s Wednesday. My social media algorithms won’t let me escape the news headlines. Greta Thunberg has set sail for New York on a zero-carbon yacht. While she leaves Plymouth, in the UK, “on white-crested swells under leaden skies”, I sit...

August 15, 2019

Meet our judges for the Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards

2019 Awards

Meet our judges for the Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards

For the inaugural Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards we wanted our judges to have different skills and knowledge to bring to the judging process. We’re delighted to say that we’ve achieved this. We have representation from education, fashion activism, styling, editorial,...

August 14, 2019

The wellbeing economy offers seeds of hope at Victoria Yards

Places

The wellbeing economy offers seeds of hope at Victoria Yards

In Joburg’s eastern suburbs, developers, residents and craftspeople are forging a new sense of neighbourliness and trying to do business in ways that do not exclude or marginalise people. There’s a cappuccino divide – the worlds of those who can...

August 12, 2019

Features

What We Did This Plastic Free July

For the month of July, the nationwide #PlasticFreeMzansi campaign addressed the careless use of plastic. Led by WWF South Africa, The Beach Co-op and Twyg, influencers and volunteers focussed on reducing the use of plastic earbuds stems, chip packets and...

August 1, 2019

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Isabelle Lotter: “Fashion weeks perpetuate our problems”

How fashion designer Thebe Magugu uses high-tech to tell a story

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

Long Read: Do we possess our possessions or do they possess us?

Nature is centerstage at arteBOTANICA’s Nirox springtime takeover

How can we support sustainable fashion? Johannesburg fashion academic offers her advice

Artwork ‘Floating, Flying’ Asks That People Be Treated with Respect

Six Things You Should Know About The True Cost Of Fast Fashion

Meet the Trio Who Weaves Fashion Waste into Fashion Fabric

Greta Thunberg: “Change Is Coming, Whether You Like It Or Not”

Winners of the 2019 Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards announced

Flygskam? If You’re Feeling Flight Shame Here’s What To Do About It

Meet our judges for the Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards

The wellbeing economy offers seeds of hope at Victoria Yards

What We Did This Plastic Free July

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