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, de Haan wondered how the T-shirt got to Zambia....
Dorcas Mutombo made 1066 scrap fabric flowers for her statement jacket
A finalist in the Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards, Dorcas is a fashion student at Elizabeth Galloway. She embellished a jacket with 1066 flowers made from scrap fabric. Here she tells us about her decision to be a fashion student, entering the real work world and...
Circular Economy: Inspired by Nature for Nature
We live in a throw-away culture. Globally, people throw away about 3.5 million tons of waste a day – an estimated 880 000 tons of this is plastic. Businesses produce goods for sale and the packaging for those goods. We buy them, use them and then throw them away. And...
A Cherry on Mx Blouse: Rap Artist blooms in Amanda Laird Cherry
Mx Blouse, the gender non-conforming musician whose pronouns are they/them, was delighted when Amanda Laird Cherry’s head designer Brendan Sturrock offered to dress them for their recent Durban concert. The outcome of the one-night opportunity turned into a...Trending
11 Shoe brands we’re loving right nowWe’ve been on the lookout for sustainable footwear brands on the South Afri...
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Mr Price has launched its Local Business Love initiative to connect custome...
- 4 Ethical underwear brands made in South Africa
Spring has sprung and for many it means a closet clean-out. When it comes t...
