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2 Young local designers join Casa93 in disrupting the industry at Paris Fashion Week

After an almost two-year-long mentorship and intercontinental correspondence with Paris-based alternative fashion school, Casa93, two South African sustainable designers – Nkosazana (Zaza) Hlalethwa and Khumo Morojele – showcased their work as part of Casa93’s show at Paris Fashion Week on...

November 1, 2022

7 South African hat brands to keep you shaded in style

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7 South African hat brands to keep you shaded in style

With our outdoor lifestyles, we are susceptible to the sun’s harmful UV rays. This means that as we gear up for the heat of summer, having a hat to protect you is a summer essential. “Since my parent’s generation used...

November 1, 2022

Q&A: Tsakani Mashaba says Hamethop resists the fashion establishment

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Q&A: Tsakani Mashaba says Hamethop resists the fashion establishment

Hamethop’s embodies diverse realities through fashion and design, allowing those who engage with it to reflect on how they can define themselves. This is according to the Hamethop website. Based in Johannesburg, South Africa, Hamethop is a fashion and accessories...

October 28, 2022

Q&A: Sekayi Mwila Fundafunda crafts stories about “ourselves, about Africa”

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Q&A: Sekayi Mwila Fundafunda crafts stories about “ourselves, about Africa”

Based in Lusaka, Zambia, Sekayi Mwila Fundafunda works as a sustainable fashion and innovation management professional. She is also the co-founder and creative director of MaFashio Co. a collective that provides content creation and space for exploring the intersection of fashion...

October 21, 2022

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Mount Nelson Hotel to host fashion-infused high teas celebrating South Africa’s top designers

We are in a golden age of South African fashion. In recent years, multiple South African fashion designers have been internationally-recognised for their invaluable contributions to the worlds of innovation, luxury, storytelling, and style. Aside from global accolades, what unites...

October 20, 2022

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Q&A: Tanisha Neill’s capsule clothing brand encourages creativity over consumption

The beginnings of N I S H can be traced back to an old roll of beautifully weighted upholstery linen found in a garage in Cape Town. This found fabric was the input of Tanisha Neill’s first fashion design and...

October 7, 2022

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Why biodiversity must be on your fashion agenda

Biodiversity is what maintains the stability of our ecosystems. We rely on biodiversity for food and energy, and we depend on its indispensable role in sustaining air quality, providing fresh water and soil, and regulating climate. Yet, according to a...

October 4, 2022

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Q&A: Teju Adisa-Farrar on using indigenous practices to shape the future

Based in the United States, Teju is an environmental equity consultant, speaker, and creator and host of the Black Material Geographies podcast. Teju’s lens includes sustainable fibre and fashion systems, urban ecologies, nature, history, activism, and art. She supports people, collectives,...

September 23, 2022

New report offers advice on how to green the South African clothing and textile industry

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New report offers advice on how to green the South African clothing and textile industry

How does South Africa’s fashion industry become climate-compatible and sustainable? Commissioned by government, a new report titled Designing Climate Compatible Industrial Strategies for South Africa: The Textiles Value Chain explores the environmental impacts of the textiles manufacturing sector both globally...

September 18, 2022

Q&A: Victoria Jenkins creates adaptive fashion that is accessible to all

Fashion Q&A

Q&A: Victoria Jenkins creates adaptive fashion that is accessible to all

Over 1 billion people live with some form of disability. Yet, this is not reflected in fashion design, media, runway shows, or editorials. Unhidden is an adaptive fashion brand championing universal design and clothing for every body. And they are...

September 16, 2022

Q&A: Madhu Vaishnav teaches slow fashion skills to change women’s lives in India

Fashion Q&A

Q&A: Madhu Vaishnav teaches slow fashion skills to change women’s lives in India

Slow fashion is a lifeline for women in the rural village of Bhikamkor in Rajasthan, India. Founded by Madhu Vaishnav in 2015, Saheli Women works with 75 skilled women who embroider and dye fabric and soon weaving textiles. They bring...

September 9, 2022

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6 South African fashion brands celebrating heritage and culture

Fashion is more than just threads on your body. At the recent book launch of Africa Fashion, which showcases a cultural renaissance in fashion across the African continent, Jeanine Benjamin, COO of Merchants On Long and Okapi, said: What we...

September 6, 2022

A three-year review of the clothing Master Plan

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A three-year review of the clothing Master Plan

There was once a thriving local textile production industry in South Africa employing thousands of people, a country which now needs radical job creation. The three-year-old Retail, Clothing, Textile, Footwear, and Leather (R-CTFL) Master Plan outlines a vision for how...

September 6, 2022

What ‘Glam Danger’ tells us about consumer behaviour

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What ‘Glam Danger’ tells us about consumer behaviour

What we wear tells us about our consumer behaviour. My first project, when I started working at Twyg in 2020, was to manage and create content for an Instagram account called Glam Danger. It was my passion project. I used...

September 6, 2022

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Fashion finds new teachers for True Fashion: Season 2

How do we learn ‘fashion’? What happens when we meet elsewhere to find our fashion lessons? Will we discover ways to create more socially-just fashion systems, ones filled with respect for each other and the planet? Seated outside a library...

September 6, 2022

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2 Young local designers join Casa93 in disrupting the industry at Paris Fashion Week

7 South African hat brands to keep you shaded in style

Q&A: Tsakani Mashaba says Hamethop resists the fashion establishment

Q&A: Sekayi Mwila Fundafunda crafts stories about “ourselves, about Africa”

Mount Nelson Hotel to host fashion-infused high teas celebrating South Africa’s top designers

Q&A: Tanisha Neill’s capsule clothing brand encourages creativity over consumption

Why biodiversity must be on your fashion agenda

Q&A: Teju Adisa-Farrar on using indigenous practices to shape the future

New report offers advice on how to green the South African clothing and textile industry

Q&A: Victoria Jenkins creates adaptive fashion that is accessible to all

Q&A: Madhu Vaishnav teaches slow fashion skills to change women’s lives in India

6 South African fashion brands celebrating heritage and culture

A three-year review of the clothing Master Plan

What ‘Glam Danger’ tells us about consumer behaviour

Fashion finds new teachers for True Fashion: Season 2

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