Finalists announced for the 2025 Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards
Meet the 2025 finalists
Tag: fashion
Wool, land and people of Morocco
These photos by Pierre Girardin show how craft, climate, and community are inseparable
After Library of wearable narratives
“These garments hold you, like they’ve held others before you.” Thulile Gamedze’s After Library invites us to wear memory, history, and meaning.
Is Bianca Censori’s ‘naked dress’ a bold statement, or a product of misogyny?
Despite the many musical achievements celebrated at this year’s Grammy Awards, it was Bianca Censori’s red carpet appearance that won the award for most headlines. Walking the red carpet with her husband Ye (Kanye West), nominated for best rap song,...
Crocodile and other exotic leathers still sell. But for how much longer?
Dotted across northern Australia are 21 saltwater crocodile farms, home to around 130,000 crocodiles. Their skins are turned into crocodile leather, long sought for use in luxury handbags, belts and other items. While fur lost favour due to welfare concerns...
44 Stanley is a beloved hub for conscious shopping
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”]A little more than two decades ago a collection of scruffy 1930s light industrial buildings in Johannesburg were converted into a creative and business hub. When Brian Green founded 44 Stanley in 2003, the...
Sonic interventions reveal local fashion stories and shape collective memories
UN/FOLDING_RE/FOLDING_FOLDED: Imiphindo kwaXhosa is a sonic intervention that re-calls and collates fragments from a collective (hi)story.
Q&A: SOKO Kenya uses fashion as force for good
SOKO Kenya is much more than just a clothing factory. Situated in Kikambala, Kilifi in Kenya, SOKO offers cut, make and trim services in an eco-factory built from compressed earth. Producing high-quality clothing while providing living wage jobs, supporting people...
Give them each a crown
Five South African designers showed fashion collections at The Chelsea Factory in New York on 12 September. Manthe Ribane Liebmann, Keneilwe Mothoa, Gugu Peteni, Tsakane Mashaba and Thando Ntuli were selected by the 2024 #GiveHerACrown campaign powered by Jaquar to...
Earth Age’s inspiring journey from local studio to global sustainable fashion brand
"We create with natural fibres that have been gently nurtured through their journey from Earth to Earth Age."
Top 5 Olympic uniforms that merge sustainability, fashion, and culture
Fashion is many things. It is practical, it is communicative, it is commercial, and it is competitive. Looking towards the fashion of Paris 2024, some countries have multiple uniforms for the opening and closing ceremonies, podiums, media and sporting events....
These 4 tips can help you build a more sustainable wardrobe
Sustainably adding to your wardrobe involves questioning your needs and taking your time shopping for each piece to understand how and where it was made — the antithesis of the fast fashion which has come to dominate global shopping trends. These...
Book your tickets for Africa Textile Talks 2024
Are you ready to explore how fashion and textiles can help us live in harmony with nature and with each other? Are you interested in the future of a post-fossil fuel fashion and textile industry? Join Nkwo Onwuka, a seasoned...
Good Good Good grows deeper Roots in Cape Town fashion
Don’t be fooled when Good Good Good is quiet. “This when we are the busiest”, says Daniel Sher, founder and director of the Cape Town-based fashion label. Two years since the brand’s last collection, they have launched a collection called...