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Peter Templehoff infuses exotic flavours into old favourites

What: Lunch tasting menu Where: Greenhouse at the Cellars-Honenhort Hotel in Constantia (021 481-1948) How much: R1200 for a seven-course meal including wine (R850 excluding wines) Service: Excellent: unobtrusive and professional. Would I return? Without a doubt. A review on TripAdvisor refers...

November 23, 2018

Fashion

The environment takes centre stage at textile artist David Bellamy’s group exhibition

Except for its roof, David Bellamy’s single-storey cottage in the False Bay suburb of Muizenberg is hidden behind a wall of brick and plant. The bright turquoise roof looks like a neat brush stroke against mountain and blanket of blue...

November 20, 2018

Opinion

Talking Rubbish: “Instead of supporting Black Friday, I support Buy Nothing Day”

It’s that time of year when the Black Friday specials start trending online, littering our email inboxes and polluting our social media feeds. Black Friday, on 23 November, originally an American tradition, is the biggest US shopping day of the...

November 7, 2018

Fashion

What’s the stitch? How to shop, buy and wear to last

Here’s a quick thought experience. In your closet, what is the item you’ve had the longest? No cheating with wedding dresses or sentimental baby clothes – it needs to be an item you can or do still wear. I have...

November 2, 2018

Beauty

Nicole Sherwin, first lady of Eco Diva, on self love and natural beauty

It would come as no surprise to anyone who knows her that Nicole Sherwin is the founder of a natural, clean beauty brand. The child of a homeopath, Nicole’s lifelong passion has been health and wellness. During her five-year stay...

November 2, 2018

Features

An open letter: Let’s tackle plastic waste and pollution at source

This open Letter, penned by Ellen MacArthur, Erik Solheim (UN Environment), Stella McCartney and nine other significant industry players, calls on businesses and governments to work together to draw a line in the sand and tackle plastic waste and pollution...

October 29, 2018

Fashion

SA Fashion Week: Lucilla Booyzen’s labour of love comes of age

Everyone in the SA Fashion Week office in Rosebank is wearing black. Founder and director Lucilla Booyzen is trim, her neatly cut red hair lightly touches her shoulders. She wears a cardigan, black of course, which, she says, has been...

October 26, 2018

Fashion

These yoga pants are made from recycled plastic bottles

Spiritgirl Active Wear, a South African brand, uses recycled polyethylene terephthalate bottles to create fun, yoga wear. Founded by Leigh Sarembock and Rochele le Roux in November 2015, they have captured the hearts and minds of many an eco-warrior yoga...

October 26, 2018

Fashion

This season’s jewellery is an ode to the ocean

Two new collections of jewellery, one released recently by SMITH Jewellery and the other by PICHULIK, speak to summer days and happiness, both feature seashells and refer to memories of the sea. At a time when there is a strong...

October 24, 2018

Features

Looking for local, sustainable brands? Find them at The Ethical Market in Joburg

After two successful Cape Town-based pop ups (and many requests for a Johannesburg-based one), THEM or The Ethical Market will open on Thursday evening at the Bamboo centre in Johannesburg. This pop up shop focusses on local and ethical fashion,...

October 23, 2018

Fashion

What’s the Stitch: Ready to take the vegan challenge to your wardrobe?

‘What’s the Stitch?’ is a new monthly column by Emma Jones-Phillipson about dressing sustainably in our modern age. She’ll pair critical insights into the environmental and social impacts of the fashion industry with useful guides to conscious buying, wearing, and...

October 5, 2018

Opinion

Talking Rubbish: “5 ways I’m cleaning out my life this spring”

Spring has arrived, that time of the year I not only spring clean my house, but spring clean my lifestyle. While I try my best to lead a low waste, sustainable life, it’s impossible to have no impact on the...

October 2, 2018

Fashion

Floating into Summer in Sitting Pretty

You know how the promise of summer feels: days are a little longer, the temperature slowly gets warmer, once every few days we have a teasingly perfect day followed by a colder one…It’s not long now before we can spend...

October 1, 2018

Features

Meet the woman saving endangered forests from becoming viscose

Nicole Rycroft is one of a growing crew of people who work tirelessly at changing how we impact Earth. Most of her work has focused on protecting ancient and indigenous trees from becoming wood pulp. She does this through the...

September 25, 2018

Features

Our favourite looks from the Green Carpet Fashion Awards in Milan

At a star-studded fashion event in Milan on Sunday night, the latest sustainable trends and innovation in fashion were on show at their luxurious best. Gowns, dresses and suits made from handwoven palm straw, recycled polyester, organic silk, upcycled...

September 25, 2018

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Tag: circular economy

Peter Templehoff infuses exotic flavours into old favourites

The environment takes centre stage at textile artist David Bellamy’s group exhibition

Talking Rubbish: “Instead of supporting Black Friday, I support Buy Nothing Day”

What’s the stitch? How to shop, buy and wear to last

Nicole Sherwin, first lady of Eco Diva, on self love and natural beauty

An open letter: Let’s tackle plastic waste and pollution at source

SA Fashion Week: Lucilla Booyzen’s labour of love comes of age

These yoga pants are made from recycled plastic bottles

This season’s jewellery is an ode to the ocean

Looking for local, sustainable brands? Find them at The Ethical Market in Joburg

What’s the Stitch: Ready to take the vegan challenge to your wardrobe?

Talking Rubbish: “5 ways I’m cleaning out my life this spring”

Floating into Summer in Sitting Pretty

Meet the woman saving endangered forests from becoming viscose

Our favourite looks from the Green Carpet Fashion Awards in Milan

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