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This kickass Slovakian sneaker brand pulls at our heartstrings

Shoes aren’t an easy product to make sustainably. Most mainstream mass shoe manufacturing involves toxic glues and plastics and unsustainably-sourced rubber and leather. A few companies have succeeded in making a shoe that is credibly sustainable and looks cool too....

August 17, 2018

Features

Damned if we don’t

Wrapped in post-consumer plastic, Rati Lekalakala imagines being an animal in the same situation. This is not much of a stretch of her imagination: high concentrations of plastic materials have been found blocking the airways and stomachs of hundreds of ...

July 29, 2018

Opinion

Talking Rubbish: “A R5 swear jar is my commitment to Plastic Free July”

With Plastic Free July underway, now is the time to take stock of my zero-waste journey. This month-long campaign raises awareness of our global plastic waste problem while encouraging people to avoid single-use plastic through the #choosetorefuse challenge. I have...

July 2, 2018

Features

Pineapple leather-alternative used in Africa to make vegan bags

If you’re interested in innovative solutions, you’ll be interested in Piñatex. Lucky for us, WeAllShareRoots, a small French-South African company, is the first African brand to feature this new fibre. Piñatex is a PETA-certified leather alternative made from pineapple leaves....

June 20, 2018

Fashion

Emma Longden sits pretty with natural fabrics

A curiosity about fabric is what sets her brand apart, says fashion designer Emma Longden. Her team, she says, “is always learning about textiles”. Since the ethos of Cape Town-based Sitting Pretty is based on environmental awareness, ethical trading and...

June 15, 2018

Fashion

Closet Wise: Five ways I’m making my wardrobe more sustainable

For five months, Luanne has been studying, writing and reading about sustainable fashion. Closet Wise is a bi-monthly column about her journey to becoming a sustainable shopper. When you decide to embrace eco-fashion, and in particular, an ethical approach to...

June 11, 2018

Features

Heather Moore has built her business on kindness and fun

Heather Moore, the creative force behind much-loved South African décor brand, Skinny laMinx, believes that her transparent relationship with her clientele plays an important part in her success. “People who follow Skinny laMinx can’t help but know that real people...

June 7, 2018

Features

RiverBlue Review: “The question remains whether big retailers will make the right decisions”

After watching the River Blue my attitude to water, and to my wardrobe has changed. Yours will too. The Vancouver-produced documentary is a sobering look at the fashion industry and how it has prioritised profit over planet. The film, released...

May 17, 2018

Fashion

4 Fashion activists tell us why we should care about our clothes all year round

Fashion Revolution week has been and gone. But, that doesn’t mean we should forget about what the campaign is all about. A key aim of the Fashion Revolution is to keep asking #WhomadeYourClothes? throughout the year. We asked four South...

May 11, 2018

Fashion

How to find a puffer jacket that doesn’t warm the Earth

A good winter coat is an investment, and puffer jackets are a timeless classic that speak to the mountaineering, outdoor lifestyle of Patagonia and Kathmandu, whose names alone evoke wintry wildernesses and wild geese in flight. If you’re looking to...

May 8, 2018

Fashion

Sealand Gear launches its new collection of eco bags

Local Cape-based innovators, Mike Schlebach and Jasper Eales of Sealand Gear, have developed a new range of bags, Sealand Eco Collection, which they have launched on Kickstarter, a crowdfunding platform for the creative industry. Sealand Gear produces a range of some...

May 8, 2018

Fashion

The new PICHULIK collection is a call for rain

When I visited PICHULIK’s new Cape Town studio in mid-April the ground around my house (I can no longer call it a garden) was bone-dry. I had an appointment with fashion designer Nadya von Stein to talk about the PICHULIKbyNadya...

May 2, 2018

Features

Bolt Threads makes a new “leather” from mushroom roots

You’ll remember Bolt Threads from a striking yellow dress designed by Stella McCartney last year. She used a spider silk grown in Bolt Threads’ laboratory. The fabric innovators this week introduced the world to its second new-generation material. Called Mylo,...

April 19, 2018

Closet Crush: Sthandiwe Kgoroge is ahead of the curve

Fashion

Closet Crush: Sthandiwe Kgoroge is ahead of the curve

Always ahead of the curve, Sthandiwe has been recycling and upcycling secondhand and vintage clothes for many years.

November 22, 2017

Fashion

Part Three: 5 minutes with designer Shaun Robertson

Shaun was on of many of the Cape Peninsula University of Technology students who gave attention to sustainability and expressed the need for the fashion industry to change.

November 17, 2017

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This kickass Slovakian sneaker brand pulls at our heartstrings

Damned if we don’t

Talking Rubbish: “A R5 swear jar is my commitment to Plastic Free July”

Pineapple leather-alternative used in Africa to make vegan bags

Emma Longden sits pretty with natural fabrics

Closet Wise: Five ways I’m making my wardrobe more sustainable

Heather Moore has built her business on kindness and fun

RiverBlue Review: “The question remains whether big retailers will make the right decisions”

4 Fashion activists tell us why we should care about our clothes all year round

How to find a puffer jacket that doesn’t warm the Earth

Sealand Gear launches its new collection of eco bags

The new PICHULIK collection is a call for rain

Bolt Threads makes a new “leather” from mushroom roots

Closet Crush: Sthandiwe Kgoroge is ahead of the curve

Part Three: 5 minutes with designer Shaun Robertson

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