Woven Threads positions African fashion as a blueprint for the future
Talks, exhibitions and presentations at the annual Lagos event explored African fashion as a regenerative alternative to extractive global systems
Tag: regeneration
Watch how the Kosgangsters are creating magic with organic food in Ocean View
There is a magical place that has evolved in Ocean View. Six emerging urban farmers have been on a mission to make Ocean View “good, green and gorgeous”. After our visit, we’re pretty confident that they have achieved this. The...
One year later: Do Li Edelkoort’s predictions for a post-Covid fashion era still ring true?
Just over a year ago Li Edelkoort said the virus is possibly “a gift for the planet”. It will teach us to slow down, produce less, consume less, and use what we already have to create mindfully. The international trend...
Book review: Earth Logic calls for less consumption and more care
Kate Fletcher and Mathilda Tham’s Earth Logic (see link below) is a compelling free-to-read, free-to-share, intervention on sustainable fashion and the industry’s shortcomings. In fact, it is a critique of widespread approaches to the crisis that fashion, as one of...
Activist and artist Zayaan Khan reclaims buried wisdom
The world is scrambling to find solutions to its problems. There is a sense of desperate urgency in our polluted air. How are we going to feed the burgeoning population? Reduce carbon omissions? Ensure everyone has access to clean water?...