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Rich Mnisi at Confections x Collections 2024

Day 1: Seth Shezi opened the floor for Confections x Collections on Tuesday (5 November) wearing Rich Mnisi, the first designer to showcase at the 2024 edition of the salon-style fashion experience in Cape Town. “I’ve never felt so insecure...

November 6, 2024

What’s the oldest item in your wardrobe? We asked 6 fashion enthusiasts

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What’s the oldest item in your wardrobe? We asked 6 fashion enthusiasts

Our wardrobes are filled with memories and meaning. There are clothes that you bought with your first pay check, those that were handed down from family or the ones that you bought on a special trip. We asked six people...

October 28, 2024

Shein is officially the biggest polluter in fast fashion. AI is making things worse

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Shein is officially the biggest polluter in fast fashion. AI is making things worse

In 2023, the fast fashion giant Shein was everywhere. Crisscrossing the globe, airplanes ferried small packages of its ultra-cheap clothing from thousands of suppliers to tens of millions of customer mailboxes in 150 countries. Influencers’ “#sheinhaul” videos advertised the company’s trendy styles...

September 16, 2024

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The Slow Fashion Festival revives the art of mending and mindful fashion

In a world where there is increasing climate change, overconsumption and environmental degradation, Twyg’s Slow Fashion Festival encourages attendees to swap and mend clothes to keep them in circulation for longer. Our thoughtfully curated festival fosters a culture of caring...

September 2, 2024

Kaross embroiderers mend economic divides in rural Limpopo

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Kaross embroiderers mend economic divides in rural Limpopo

In 1989, five women sat around a kitchen table embroidering cloth on a rural Limpopo citrus farm. Over three decades later, impact-driven business Kaross employs 1,000 embroiderers who work from home and create uniquely South African embroidered products while mending...

August 5, 2024

Dathonga Designs preserves weaving traditions in rural Mozambique

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Dathonga Designs preserves weaving traditions in rural Mozambique

Founded by Marcia Nangy O’Connell in 2003, Dathonga Designs blends modern design with traditional Mozambican crafts. Honouring the past, this Mozambican brand is committed to preserving indigenous knowledge and skills while designing for contemporary living. We caught up with Marcia...

August 2, 2024

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Eastern Cape designer Gugu Peteni wins global fashion award in Paris

Gugu Peteni has gained international recognition after receiving Africa Fashion Up’s Young Designer award for her GUGUBYGUGU Spring Summer 25 collection. The emerging African designer, who was born and raised in Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape, launched her new collection...

July 11, 2024

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Q&A: IGC Fashion uses neglected materials to create garments and community

June 28, 2024

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Good Good Good grows deeper Roots in Cape Town fashion

Don’t be fooled when Good Good Good is quiet. “This when we are the busiest”, says Daniel Sher, founder and director of the Cape Town-based fashion label. Two years since the brand’s last collection, they have launched a collection called...

June 6, 2024

Harvesting natural dyes with Botanical Nomad’s Ira Bekker

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Harvesting natural dyes with Botanical Nomad’s Ira Bekker

Dyeing from nature and given textiles the colours of the wild are what keeps the Botanical Nomad, Ira Bekker, walking in the woods.

May 20, 2024

Here’s why West Africa’s fashion designers are world leaders in producing sustainable clothes

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Here’s why West Africa’s fashion designers are world leaders in producing sustainable clothes

Every few weeks global fast fashion brands mass produce their latest clothing, pumping out garments to be sold around the world. There is growing criticism that it’s socially irresponsible to produce such large volumes of clothes so often. It leads to surplus and waste that takes...

April 22, 2024

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Be inspired to mend and care at the Slow Fashion Festival in Johannesburg

Twyg and 44 Stanley Avenue are bringing the Slow Fashion Festival to Johannesburg on Saturday, 20 April. Join us for a day of experiences, including learning different arts of mending, swapping preloved clothes, watching the film Fashion Reimagined, and more....

April 10, 2024

The Wardrobe Guide: How to lower your fashion impact

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The Wardrobe Guide: How to lower your fashion impact

Reason to care: Most fashion is produced in a fast fashion system which has a huge impact on planetary and social systems. The fast fashion industry is driven by overproduction and overconsumption. The true costs are shouldered by garment workers...

January 9, 2024

Confections x Collections brings a dash of new to the vintage Mount Nelson

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Confections x Collections brings a dash of new to the vintage Mount Nelson

As day five of Confections x Collections 2023 wraps up, the soft afternoon sunlight falls across Chulaap’s collection. Tilting heads and lifting chins, the ten models and the designer Chu Suwannapha engage with photographers who want to capture the last moments of a fantastical fashion story. Chu, also known...

November 14, 2023

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Book a table at Confections x Collections 2023 for a fashion showcase and afternoon tea

Confections x Collections is back for a second edition. Set against Table Mountain in the heart of Cape Town this annual coming-together of creative expression fuses five days of exclusive salon-style fashion shows with designer-inspired confectionery. Taking place from 8...

November 11, 2023

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Rich Mnisi at Confections x Collections 2024

What’s the oldest item in your wardrobe? We asked 6 fashion enthusiasts

Shein is officially the biggest polluter in fast fashion. AI is making things worse

The Slow Fashion Festival revives the art of mending and mindful fashion

Kaross embroiderers mend economic divides in rural Limpopo

Dathonga Designs preserves weaving traditions in rural Mozambique

Eastern Cape designer Gugu Peteni wins global fashion award in Paris

Q&A: IGC Fashion uses neglected materials to create garments and community

Good Good Good grows deeper Roots in Cape Town fashion

Harvesting natural dyes with Botanical Nomad’s Ira Bekker

Here’s why West Africa’s fashion designers are world leaders in producing sustainable clothes

Be inspired to mend and care at the Slow Fashion Festival in Johannesburg

The Wardrobe Guide: How to lower your fashion impact

Confections x Collections brings a dash of new to the vintage Mount Nelson

Book a table at Confections x Collections 2023 for a fashion showcase and afternoon tea

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