by Catherine Del Monte | Nov 27, 2020 | Fashion
Former accountant turned designer Shamyra Moodley recently participated in her first fashion show. Selected as one of the six designers to join African Fashion International’s 2020 year-long Fastrack programme, Shamyra was tasked to create three new looks in...
by Janette Bennett | Oct 12, 2020 | Fashion
For an entire year, I have not bought new clothes, driven by evidence of the harm the fast fashion industry does to the environment and the people who work in it. This was a big deal for me: I’ve always loved clothes, browsing and inevitably buying them too. Well,...
by Catherine Del Monte | Jul 3, 2020 | Fashion
Black and Brown folks have always been sustainable, it’s not a foreign concept, if anything it’s been a way of life from the beginning of time for many of us. This is what South African model and activist Nomfundo Liyanna Basini says. On social media the Swazi-born is...
by Catherine Del Monte | Jun 19, 2020 | Fashion
Exciting things are happening in a small studio in the Karoo where plasticity. re-imagines waste plastic. This bespoke upcycling company based in Graaff-Reinet in the Eastern Cape was founded by Tessa O’Halloran, her mother Helen and her little sister Erin in...
by Catherine Del Monte | Jun 17, 2020 | Fashion
We’ve been on the lookout for sustainable footwear brands on the South African and international market that combine comfort, sustainability, and social responsibility. We’ve come up with a list of environmentally-savvy and innovative footwear brands with the...