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Q&A: Tamburai Chirume on how women challenge the fashion system

Tamburai Chirume’s role in the fashion industry is constantly evolving and developing, but one constant is her focus on challenging the idea that sustainability and a regenerative fashion future is about raw materials and sourcing natural fabrics. The co-founder of...

September 2, 2022

Q&A: How Kerry Bannigan uses fashion media as a force for good

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Q&A: How Kerry Bannigan uses fashion media as a force for good

New York-based Kerry Bannigan is a fashion disruptor in all of the best ways possible. After graduating from university Kerry knew she wanted to be an entrepreneur who could drive positive change. “But, this kind of work was not something...

August 26, 2022

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11 Fashion designers in South India respond to their deep connection to nature

Text by Shirin Mehta. Interviews and styling by Akanksha Pandey. Photography by Carl Van Der Linde. With strong ties to various parts of South India, designers who have spent a significant part of their childhoods with nature, are using their...

August 22, 2022

Q&A: Phumelela Malinga creates inclusive gender-neutral clothing

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Q&A: Phumelela Malinga creates inclusive gender-neutral clothing

The first thing you will notice about local brand BY PHUME’s designs is that they are unafraid to go against the grain. Started by Phumelela Malinga, a mechanical engineering graduate Design Indaba Emerging Creatives almuni, BY PHUME is committed to...

August 19, 2022

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Notes to nature

Leandi Mulder is a designer with a deep understanding of natural fibres and textiles. Her MA Fashion graduate collection Notes to nature is an expression of this and acts as a love letter to the ever-changing constant that is nature....

August 15, 2022

Q&A: NOKI connects upcycling with African storytelling

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Q&A: NOKI connects upcycling with African storytelling

NOKI is a Mozambican upcycled jewellery and lifestyle brand. The handcrafted product reflect a commitment to creating wearable art and storytelling medium. Founded by Mozambican-Spanish Maputo-based multidisciplinary artist, Dilayla Romeo, NOKI was brought into the world during the early stages...

August 5, 2022

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Why fashion is a feminist issue

Fashion is political. The industry perpetuates deeply entrenched systems of exploitation that disproportionately affect women. Over 70% of the total fashion workforce is women, and yet, women hold less than 25% of leadership positions in top fashion companies. So, although fashion...

August 2, 2022

Q&A: Nonhlanhla Blessing Ndlovu turned a hobby into Crochet Couture

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Q&A: Nonhlanhla Blessing Ndlovu turned a hobby into Crochet Couture

Twenty-one-year-old Nonhlanhla Blessing Ndlovu taught herself how to crochet from YouTube during the COVID-19 pandemic. What started as a lockdown hobby and a way to soothe her anxiety has bloomed into a business, Crochet Couture ZA, that allows Nonhlanhla to...

July 31, 2022

5 Sustainable Fashion Takeaways from Africa Textile Talks 2022

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5 Sustainable Fashion Takeaways from Africa Textile Talks 2022

Creating change in the fashion industry begins with the sharing of new sustainable fashion ideas and the propagation of new possibilities. The inaugural Africa Textile Talks, which took place from 23-24 June 2022, aimed to kickstart this process. The event...

July 5, 2022

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10 South African youth fashion brands to support this Youth Day

South African youth have a long history of challenging the status quo. On 16 June 1976 – the date we now know as Youth Day – when the Apartheid government changed the primary medium of instruction in schools to Afrikaans,...

June 7, 2022

5 Ways to responsibly rehome clothes you no longer wear

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5 Ways to responsibly rehome clothes you no longer wear

The circular fashion movement is a response to environmental, social and economic impacts of the fashion industry’s waste crisis. We now know that hundreds of thousands of tonnes of clothing end up in landfill, are burnt or are jettisoned by...

June 7, 2022

Q&A: Crochet designer Nthatuoa Makhapha on trusting her process and accepting the unexpected

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Q&A: Crochet designer Nthatuoa Makhapha on trusting her process and accepting the unexpected

In Sesotho, ‘Nthatuoa’ means ‘My loved one’, an apt name for this small business whose crocheted creations are intricate labours of love. NTHATUOA creates garments and accessories that allow for the preservation of the age-old skill of crocheting. We caught...

May 27, 2022

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Q&A: Alexa Schempers on the evolution of her circular fashion brand

Twyg Sustainable Fashion Award finalist Alexa Schempers tells us about her brand and her approach to sustainable fashion design

May 13, 2022

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SA Fashion Week 2022 Maps a Sustainable Way Forward

We can no longer deny the fashion industry’s role in the layered social and ecological crises playing out across the world. But, fashion also adds immense value to our lives as a medium for expression, storytelling, and creativity. And so,...

May 4, 2022

The Red Dress Threads Together Stories of Embroiderers Around the World

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The Red Dress Threads Together Stories of Embroiderers Around the World

“As far as I know, this is the slowest dress that has ever been made. It’s a real antithesis to the fast fashion movement and instead of treating workers and artisans without respect and integrity, in this dress the artisans...

May 3, 2022

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Q&A: Tamburai Chirume on how women challenge the fashion system

Q&A: How Kerry Bannigan uses fashion media as a force for good

11 Fashion designers in South India respond to their deep connection to nature

Q&A: Phumelela Malinga creates inclusive gender-neutral clothing

Notes to nature

Q&A: NOKI connects upcycling with African storytelling

Why fashion is a feminist issue

Q&A: Nonhlanhla Blessing Ndlovu turned a hobby into Crochet Couture

5 Sustainable Fashion Takeaways from Africa Textile Talks 2022

10 South African youth fashion brands to support this Youth Day

5 Ways to responsibly rehome clothes you no longer wear

Q&A: Crochet designer Nthatuoa Makhapha on trusting her process and accepting the unexpected

Q&A: Alexa Schempers on the evolution of her circular fashion brand

SA Fashion Week 2022 Maps a Sustainable Way Forward

The Red Dress Threads Together Stories of Embroiderers Around the World

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