Q&A with designer Tessa O’Halloran on rethinking plastic waste
Exciting things are happening in a small studio in the Karoo where plasticity. re-imagines waste plastic. This bespoke upcycling company based in Graaff-Reinet in the Eastern Cape was founded by Tessa O’Halloran, her mother Helen and her little sister Erin in...
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 Flow is a fashion editorial...
What a sustainable circular economy would look like
by Anne Velenturf and Phil Purnell More than 100 billion tonnes of materials entered the global economy in 2017 to generate power, build infrastructure and homes, produce food, and provide consumer goods such as clothes and phones. There are now more phones than...
Q&A: Designer Fezokuhle Dimba wants to make the world a better place
Durban-based designer Fezokuhle Dimba turns waste plastic and scraps of fabric into edgy afro-centric looks. Raised and nurtured by women who not only adored fashion but crafted their own clothes, it was just a matter of time before Fezokuhle developed her own style...Advertisement
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