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What does the SA Plastics Pact mean for fashion retail?

When the South African Plastics Pact launched last month most of the buzz was about reducing, recycling and reusing plastic packaging. Conversation was thin regarding the synthetic fibre content of our clothes, the largest source of micro-plastics in the ocean. ...

February 17, 2020

Expert says fashion weeks represent an industry unwilling to change

Opinion

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

Beauty

Beauty Spot: Plaiin and Simple

Frustrated by the lack of zero-waste beauty products, Megan Cozens started experimenting with making products five years ago. Supported by the business knowledge of her parents as well as a diploma in organic skincare formulation, she founded a soap brand,...

January 22, 2020

Fashion

Line of sight: Why the future of fashion is about perspective

I enjoy being informed — that’s code for: I am a nerd who takes life way too seriously — but until about two years ago, I knew little to nothing about sustainability in fashion. Now, I know how clothes get...

January 20, 2020

Book extract: Ten small things we can do to make a difference

Opinion

Book extract: Ten small things we can do to make a difference

No man is an island. Everything we do, even the smallest gesture, can make a difference. This is not just an expression, it is a scientific fact: sociological research has shown that when a person or a group does the...

December 10, 2019

Fashion

Long Read: Fashion, Sustainability and Decoloniality

This week at the Future of Fashion symposium hosted by Rewoven, Dr Erica de Greef delivered a keynote. Titled Fashion, Sustainability and Decoloniality, she explores the concept of decoloniality and its relevance to thinking critically – from a perspective of the global South...

December 7, 2019

Fashion

Isabelle Lotter: “Fashion weeks perpetuate our problems”

On an international level, fashion weeks have started to leave a bad taste in people’s mouths. There have been calls for fashion weeks to be scrapped in favour of climate protests. Some fashion weeks have been cancelled, others have changed their mantra...

December 2, 2019

Fashion

How fashion designer Thebe Magugu uses high-tech to tell a story

Technology has been instrumental in mechanising and speeding up the manufacturing process of clothing. Now, we’re turning to new technology to better manage these processes to slow the industry down and to reduce waste. Technology helps consumers and brand owners...

November 25, 2019

Long Read: Do we possess our possessions or do they possess us?

Features

Long Read: Do we possess our possessions or do they possess us?

In 1859, around 450 passengers on the Royal Charter, returning from the Australian goldmines to Liverpool, drowned when the steam clipper was shipwrecked off the north coast of Wales. What makes this tragic loss of life remarkable among countless other...

November 8, 2019

How can we support sustainable fashion? Johannesburg fashion academic offers her advice

Features

How can we support sustainable fashion? Johannesburg fashion academic offers her advice

On our mission to create and inspire sustainable lifestyles, we chatted to fashion design academic, Desiree Smal. Besides her on-going teaching, she has written a doctorate on sustainable fashion in South Africa and continues to research the issue here and...

November 5, 2019

Artwork ‘Floating, Flying’ Asks That People Be Treated with Respect

Fashion

Artwork ‘Floating, Flying’ Asks That People Be Treated with Respect

Turkana, in the far reaches of Northern Kenya, is a stark, arid region and home to the world’s largest desert lake. The area, long neglected while Kenya instead focussed on its green, agricultural south, is now the centre of a...

October 1, 2019

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

Greta Thunberg: “Change Is Coming, Whether You Like It Or Not”

Features

Greta Thunberg: “Change Is Coming, Whether You Like It Or Not”

This is the full speech that Greta delivered at the UN Climate Action summit in New York on Monday: This is all wrong. I shouldn’t be standing here. I should be back in school on the other side of the...

September 24, 2019

Flygskam? If You’re Feeling Flight Shame Here’s What To Do About It

Opinion

Flygskam? If You’re Feeling Flight Shame Here’s What To Do About It

It’s Wednesday. My social media algorithms won’t let me escape the news headlines. Greta Thunberg has set sail for New York on a zero-carbon yacht. While she leaves Plymouth, in the UK, “on white-crested swells under leaden skies”, I sit...

August 15, 2019

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What does the SA Plastics Pact mean for fashion retail?

Expert says fashion weeks represent an industry unwilling to change

Thrifting: The future of fashion may be in your closet

Beauty Spot: Plaiin and Simple

Line of sight: Why the future of fashion is about perspective

Book extract: Ten small things we can do to make a difference

Long Read: Fashion, Sustainability and Decoloniality

Isabelle Lotter: “Fashion weeks perpetuate our problems”

How fashion designer Thebe Magugu uses high-tech to tell a story

Long Read: Do we possess our possessions or do they possess us?

How can we support sustainable fashion? Johannesburg fashion academic offers her advice

Artwork ‘Floating, Flying’ Asks That People Be Treated with Respect

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

Greta Thunberg: “Change Is Coming, Whether You Like It Or Not”

Flygskam? If You’re Feeling Flight Shame Here’s What To Do About It

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