Since 2012, Thrift Fest has been cultivating a welcoming space for sustainability and slow living. In Cape Town, Thrift Fest has become a household name for anyone interested in thrifting and the preloved movement. The market attracts crowds of Capetonians, every...
Picnicking while thrifting is a dreamy outing for a millennial fashion lover. So it’s no surprise that a series of back garden picnickers and thrifters has developed into events and market company, Picnic & Thrift. Founded in Johannesburg in 2019, Picnic and...
Leigh Ord and Jacquie Myburgh Chemaly founded Vintage with Love in 2013 to contribute to solving the literacy crisis in South Africa. Soon afterwards, Debbie Smuts joined the team in Cape Town. With the founders mutual love for fashion, they decided on hosting an...
Maven, the second-hand clothing brand which launched almost two years ago, has grown into a much-loved source of gently-worn clothes. Founders Jane McNamara and Teri-Fay Macduff aim to educate and inspire consumers that second-hand is not second choice. “There...
A few weeks ago, I spotted a vintage shoot on Instagram. One of the models, Yui Keeping, sent me to meet Lulu Sono at her vintage stall on Church Street in Cape Town, which led me to meeting Lulu’s sons. Her youngest Xabisa is the stylist of these images and...
