VANKLAN is marrying creativity with conservation
Alex van Heerden, a 22-year-old fashion and textile design student, has caught the industry’s attention. Alex’s fashion journey began later than most. Fresh out school, she was set to follow her friends to Stellenbosch to study teaching. Although, she had never...
Q&A: Designer Ntando XV Ngwenya wonders why we still import clothes
Ntando XV Ngwenya founded an eponymous artisanal clothing brand in 2015 which seeks to break with the norms of how and why clothes are made. After wowing SA Fashion Week AW20 with his XV Project 0,8, his collection caught the eye of wardrobe curator and founder of...
Exhibition of wearable art sews together parallel stories of Settler history
The opening of the Cuttings 1820 – 2020 exhibition, a tribute to South African women and their histories, is a fitting closing to Women’s Month. The symbolically-charged collaborative exhibition by artist, Pippa Hetherington and the Keiskamma Art Project...
REEFER lights up its new branding with hemp sneaker
South African sneaker brand, Corks was the first of its kind in South Africa to release a shoe range made out of cork. Now, the company has launched its unisex hemp sneaker range on the back of its rebranding campaign. Following on from the shoe brand’s ethos...Trending
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