Emerging Creatives Archives

Youth Day 2020: “Knowing that your life is less valued is scary.”

The world is hurting. Covid-19. Economic collapse. Systemic racism. Young black women and men are on the frontlines. This Youth Day, Twyg asked nine young creatives who we’ve featured recently to tell us what it all means for them. Siphelele...

June 16, 2020

Q&A: Designer Fezokuhle Dimba wants to make the world a better place

Fashion

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...

May 8, 2020

Fashion

The beauty of doing good

Beauty is an idea, a feeling, an abstraction that means something different to everyone. It is the subject of an age-old debate. Two weeks ago, South Africa took the conversation into a very specific direction. The purpose of the Design Indaba’s...

March 13, 2020

Design Indaba inspires us to take our cues from nature

Fashion

Design Indaba inspires us to take our cues from nature

Anyone working in sustainability is pondering the big question of how we can meet the growing demand for stuff without destroying the environment. If you attended Design Indaba 2020, you’d be feeling confident that answers to this question lie in...

March 2, 2020

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

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

Midlands Trashion Show Makes Recycled Plastic look Fantastic

Fashion

Midlands Trashion Show Makes Recycled Plastic look Fantastic

Crisp packets litter the landscape of many Midlands villages. Tetrapak is often burnt, plastic bottles bob in wetlands and take-way plastic tubs clog gutters. There is one ton of plastic for every person on Earth, much of it is packaging...

July 24, 2019

Why Waste Headspace Dressing Salad in Haute Trash

Fashion

Why Waste Headspace Dressing Salad in Haute Trash

Milliner Crystal Birch was given an unusual task for Plastic Free July. Well-known for her eclectic collections of designer hats, Crystal diverged from her core business to create fashion garments from single-use plastic packaging. Not for you and me, though,...

July 10, 2019

Kenyan innovation team wins Global Change Award for stinging nettle fibre

Features

Kenyan innovation team wins Global Change Award for stinging nettle fibre

By now most people interested in fashion have heard of orange fibre, fungi fashion and grape leather. The teams behind these innovations were previous winners of the Global Change Award founded by the H&M Foundation. Soon everyone will know about...

April 24, 2019

Tag: Emerging Creatives

Youth Day 2020: “Knowing that your life is less valued is scary.”

Q&A: Designer Fezokuhle Dimba wants to make the world a better place

The beauty of doing good

Design Indaba inspires us to take our cues from nature

Meet the Trio Who Weaves Fashion Waste into Fashion Fabric

Winners of the 2019 Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards announced

Midlands Trashion Show Makes Recycled Plastic look Fantastic

Why Waste Headspace Dressing Salad in Haute Trash

Kenyan innovation team wins Global Change Award for stinging nettle fibre

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