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Loveland knitwear embodies care in action

What do we need to heal fashion? Designer and environmentalist, Tarryn Tippens, thinks what we need is more love, empathy, and community care – for our clothing, for each other, for the people in the fashion supply chain, and for...

January 30, 2023

Fashion

6 Fashion brands that use hemp

As the slow fashion movement grows, more brands are opting for materials that are environmentally friendly, use less water and energy, and are renewable. Hemp is one such hero fibre. Hemp is a fast-growing, multi-use, sustainable crop. It is also...

October 4, 2022

5 Sustainable Fashion Takeaways from Africa Textile Talks 2022

Fashion Features

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

Fashion

Q&A: Françoise Jeanne de Villiers on her slow fashion start up Studio Çoise

Studio Çoise is a slow fashion label founded by Françoise Jeanne de Villiers in the Cape Winelands. Clothes are made by hand and with love. The home-based studio has a strong focus on quality design, using natural fabrics. It operates...

May 22, 2021

Sexy Jocks bring circular design to your underwear drawer

Fashion

Sexy Jocks bring circular design to your underwear drawer

If you’re looking to only wear sustainable clothes (including vintage, natural fibres, upcycled or recycled clothes), Dave Hutchison’s recent business venture might be the last piece of your eco-wardrobe puzzle. His new project is an upcycling one, turning material destined...

February 24, 2020

Pascale Theron gives ostrich feathers a new function with her woven fabric

Fashion

Pascale Theron gives ostrich feathers a new function with her woven fabric

Ostrich feathers have been given a new role in our lives along with an updated look. Thanks to Pascale Theron we have Feathered Fabrics. The Johannesburg-born designer creates soft, natural and artisanal textiles using ostrich feathers. Pascale who presented her...

September 12, 2019

Christa Dee makes Hemp Clothes with the Future in Mind

Fashion

Christa Dee makes Hemp Clothes with the Future in Mind

Christa Dee talked to Camilla van Hoogstraten about her new clothing brand, Christa & Louella and about exploring ways to think about the future: Christa & Louella is an eco-luxe brand designing and making fashion for a sustainable future. I...

May 31, 2019

Tag: Natural Fibre

Loveland knitwear embodies care in action

6 Fashion brands that use hemp

5 Sustainable Fashion Takeaways from Africa Textile Talks 2022

Q&A: Françoise Jeanne de Villiers on her slow fashion start up Studio Çoise

Sexy Jocks bring circular design to your underwear drawer

Pascale Theron gives ostrich feathers a new function with her woven fabric

Christa Dee makes Hemp Clothes with the Future in Mind

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