South Africa Archives - twyg

Q&A: How a book persuaded designer Ulfah Davids to launch U.Be.You

Q&A: How a book persuaded designer Ulfah Davids to launch U.Be.You

by Nobanzi Sokhuthu | Apr 10, 2021 | Fashion

After graduating from Cape Peninsula University of Technology in 2015, U.Be.You founder and designer Ulfah Davids worked for a local streetwear brand. Known as the first lady of TWOBOP, she became the creative director of the brand after just three months. During her...

Book extract: Why the act of caring for our clothes extends to the act of caring for our environment

Book extract: Why the act of caring for our clothes extends to the act of caring for our environment

by Orsola de Castro | Mar 29, 2021 | Fashion, Fashion Revolution

Ahead of Fashion Revolution Week 2021 we are publishing an extract from Orsola de Castro’s book Loved Clothes Last. Orsola, who together with Carry Somers, launched Fashion Revolution in 2013, a global movement calling for change in the fashion industry. If you...

Q&A: BOYDE’s creative director gives us the lowdown on his award-winning work

Q&A: BOYDE’s creative director gives us the lowdown on his award-winning work

by Nobanzi Sokhuthu | Mar 26, 2021 | Fashion

Three years after he launched his menswear brand, Joburg-based designer Samkelo “Boyde” Xaba won South African Fashion Week’s Scouting Menswear Competition. His 2020 winning collection, in accordance with the judging criteria, illustrates that the designer reduces...

Freshly Cut

Freshly Cut

by Ky Bxshxff | Mar 23, 2021 | Fashion

In this shoot, we celebrate a few South African brands that are engaging with sustainability as a design ethos and as a business model, shooting some of our favourite looks on a small-scale farm just outside of the city. Many brands claim to be sustainable but so few...

20/20 VISION: Can fashion be faithful to sustainability?

20/20 VISION: Can fashion be faithful to sustainability?

by Ky Bxshxff | Mar 23, 2021 | Opinion

As a lover of words, meaty and meaningful, it pains me that so many “just-right” words have been overworked and overused to the point of becoming stale shadows of their former selves. There are countless examples of words being reduced to near impotence. Many we drop...