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#WhoMadeMyBag: Meet Margret Munemo maker of ONEOFEACH’s African-inspired bags

This is the second in a five-part #WhoMadeMyClothes series that centres and celebrates the people who make our clothing for this year’s #FashionRevolutionWeek “My parents were both talented with their hands,” says Margret Munemo. “I think that’s where my interest...

April 19, 2022

#WhoMadeMyDress: Meet Patricia Jacobs head seamstress at Hannah Lavery

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#WhoMadeMyDress: Meet Patricia Jacobs head seamstress at Hannah Lavery

This the first in a five-part #WhoMadeMyClothes series that centres and celebrates the people who make our clothing for this year’s Fashion Revolution Week. From helping her grandmother sew, to becoming the head-seamstress at Hannah Lavery, Patricia Jacobs tells her...

April 18, 2022

PICHULIK brings us hope for summer, simple sensuality and human connection

Fashion

PICHULIK brings us hope for summer, simple sensuality and human connection

The PICHULIK headquarters is a gallery, office and design space on the bustling corner of Harrington and Albertus streets in Cape Town. This first floor atelier is where PICHULIK’s beautiful timeless pieces are designed, produced and sold. The images featured...

October 6, 2021

Fashion

Fashion offers creative responses to its environmental impact for COP26

Mega industry’s rising carbon emissions, electric vehicles and endangered environments have long since dominated the landscape of international climate change conventions. This year, as the focus of COP26 hones in on innovation, community and sustainability, the fashion industry gets its...

August 19, 2021

8 years after the Rana Plaza tragedy, Bangladesh’s garment workers are still bottom of the pile

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8 years after the Rana Plaza tragedy, Bangladesh’s garment workers are still bottom of the pile

The 2013 Dhaka garment factory collapse, killing more than 1,100 workers and injuring 2,600 more, is the clothing industry’s worst ever industrial incident. It is not just the body count, though, that made the collapse of the Rana Plaza, a...

April 23, 2021

Book extract: Why the act of caring for our clothes extends to the act of caring for our environment

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Book extract: Why the act of caring for our clothes extends to the act of caring for our environment

Ahead of Fashion Revolution Week 2021 we are publishing an extract from Orsola de Castro’s book Loved Clothes Last. Orsola, who together with Carry Somers, launched Fashion Revolution in 2013, a global movement calling for change in the fashion industry....

March 29, 2021

Fashion

Long read: Why you should join the Fashion Revolution

The national co-ordinator of Fashion Revolution South Africa Cyril Naicker addressed a UN panel discussion on Sustainable Fashion for All: Examining the Industry through the Lens of Social Justice. Here is an edited transcript of his talk. Below the transcript...

March 4, 2021

Fashion

Study: What socio-environmentally friendly fashion needs in South Africa

In her PhD thesis, titled Socio-Environmentally Friendly Framework For South African Fashion Design Entrepreneurs: An Exploratory Study, Nailejileji Mollel-Matodzi developed a framework that promotes the production of socio-environmentally friendly clothing by South African fashion design entrepreneurs. Here she gives us...

November 30, 2020

Fashion

Q&A with Hadeel Osman on nurturing slow fashion in Sudan

Meet the Sudanese slow fashion advocate Hadeel Osman who launched the #AfricaIsNotALandfill hashtag. She is national co-ordinator of Fashion Revolution and an ambassador for Slow Fashion Season.

July 17, 2020

Happy Hats by Crystal Birch will make you and Earth happy

Fashion

Happy Hats by Crystal Birch will make you and Earth happy

From a young, dynamic milliner working in an old Cape Town building, comes a fresh idea. Crystal Birch has launched Happy Hats by Crystal Birch, taking her design practice into the future of a circular economy. For the #RefashionPlastic campaign,...

July 9, 2020

Fashion

Why South African corporate fashion brands scored badly in the Transparency Index

Four South African brands were assessed by Fashion Revolution for its Transparency Index 2020 which was released last month. All of them scored within the 11 – 20% range, which is below average. While this is the second year Mr...

May 19, 2020

Expert says fashion weeks represent an industry unwilling to change

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Expert says fashion weeks represent an industry unwilling to change

As the new season of fashion weeks kicks off, we publish an opinion by head of Ethical fashion Initiative, Simone Cipriani, who believes that fashion weeks represent an industry unwilling to change. He says it is an industry that will...

February 6, 2020

Fashion

Thrifting: The future of fashion may be in your closet

Thrifting, secondhand, and resale are fashion buzzwords. In fact, statistics suggest secondhand could overtake fast fashion in the next ten years and unlock a sustainable fashion future. According to WWD, thrifting is now a $28 billion (over R407 billion) global...

January 27, 2020

Fashion

Six Things You Should Know About The True Cost Of Fast Fashion

From crop tops to mum jeans and bombers, fashion trends are making their way into wardrobes around the world faster than ever, thanks to social media, its thousands of influencers, and the enormous business opportunity it represents for brands. As...

September 30, 2019

Seven South African Women to Follow this Women’s Day

Opinion

Seven South African Women to Follow this Women’s Day

Women’s Day in South Africa marks the anniversary of the 1956 women’s march on the Union Buildings protesting the extension of pass laws. It is a day to celebrate them and all of the women who fought and died in...

August 8, 2019

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#WhoMadeMyBag: Meet Margret Munemo maker of ONEOFEACH’s African-inspired bags

#WhoMadeMyDress: Meet Patricia Jacobs head seamstress at Hannah Lavery

PICHULIK brings us hope for summer, simple sensuality and human connection

Fashion offers creative responses to its environmental impact for COP26

8 years after the Rana Plaza tragedy, Bangladesh’s garment workers are still bottom of the pile

Book extract: Why the act of caring for our clothes extends to the act of caring for our environment

Long read: Why you should join the Fashion Revolution

Study: What socio-environmentally friendly fashion needs in South Africa

Q&A with Hadeel Osman on nurturing slow fashion in Sudan

Happy Hats by Crystal Birch will make you and Earth happy

Why South African corporate fashion brands scored badly in the Transparency Index

Expert says fashion weeks represent an industry unwilling to change

Thrifting: The future of fashion may be in your closet

Six Things You Should Know About The True Cost Of Fast Fashion

Seven South African Women to Follow this Women’s Day

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