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Q&A: Eleazer Radebe of By Ele presents a new collection to soothe our souls

Designer Eleazer Radebe started his working life as a researcher in HIV / AIDS. It was another 10 years before he launched into fashion in 2012. While he wants to focus on natural fibres, sustainable fabrics are expensive in South...

March 5, 2021

Sindiso Khumalo uses fashion to tell stories of women’s empowerment and global sheroes

2019 Awards Fashion

Sindiso Khumalo uses fashion to tell stories of women’s empowerment and global sheroes

Sindiso Khumalo is not just a LVMH finalist. An unofficial family historian, textile designer and social activist, she represents the social possibilities which can be opened up through fashion. And now, as the (joint) recipient of one of the fashion...

February 18, 2021

The student becomes the teacher: Katekani Moreku shows the way with his slow fashion

2020 Awards Fashion

The student becomes the teacher: Katekani Moreku shows the way with his slow fashion

In South African indigenous cultures, the surrounding land and resources become part of the people. With a metaphysical connection to the natural world, it is no surprise that Mpumalanga-born Katekani Moreku would bring his culture and surroundings to bear in...

February 8, 2021

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Q&A: Michael Reid talks to us about his unisex brand Xavier Sadan

Xavier Sadan crept into our world when we noticed it after it was shortlisted for the SAFW Scouting Menswear Competition 2020. We weren’t the only ones to notice the work of designer Michael Reid. The collection The Circle of Life,...

February 5, 2021

How Joburg designer Matthew Edwards is innovating a circular materials future

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How Joburg designer Matthew Edwards is innovating a circular materials future

Designer Matthew Edwards holds a three-dimensional cube in the palm of his hand. It is small with smoothed-over jagged sides. The deep blue and white colours dance together as if swirling in a slab of marble or like the calico...

January 24, 2021

Twyg Changemaker Lara Klawikowski innovates through design as well as materials

2020 Awards Fashion

Twyg Changemaker Lara Klawikowski innovates through design as well as materials

The magic of Lara Klawikoski is that there is no designer quite like her. Her designs are instantly recognisable for their soft, ethereal quality and yet, the designer continues to innovate through her designs as well as her choice of...

January 20, 2021

Download the Twyg zine for your summer holiday reading

2020 Awards Fashion

Download the Twyg zine for your summer holiday reading

In celebration of the Twyg Awards winners and finalists, we’ve curated a zine filled with images and stories about our winners and finalists. Take your time to read it – there is no rush. You will also find Twyg’s Manifesto...

December 15, 2020

Phygital retailer EGG launches with ambitions to boost local product

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Phygital retailer EGG launches with ambitions to boost local product

Cavendish Square ushered in December with the grand opening of concept store best described as a collaborative retail platform and “omni-retail experience and platform redefining the retail landscape” and is pegged to be one of the most technologically advanced stores...

December 5, 2020

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Q&A: Shamyra Moodley sees the future of sustainable fashion as DIY-fashion-meets-art

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 three weeks...

November 27, 2020

Part One: Preferred South African animal fibre textiles

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Part One: Preferred South African animal fibre textiles

This is part one in our series on preferred South African textiles and where to find them. It’s a non-exhaustive list of natural animal fibres like wool, cashmere and mohair, their sourcing and processing practices, and where to find them....

November 10, 2020

Introducing the Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards 2020 Finalists

2020 Awards

Introducing the Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards 2020 Finalists

Twyg is honoured to announce the finalists of the Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards 2020. The awards celebrate South African designers leading sustainable, ethical, circular and regenerative practices in the fashion industry. The designers are intentionally improving fashion’s relationship with nature...

October 27, 2020

Q&A with Jinae Heyns on how Matsidiso shoes take sustainable steps

Opinion

Q&A with Jinae Heyns on how Matsidiso shoes take sustainable steps

Founded in 2017 on a calculated whim, Jinae Heyns left her marketing career to co-found the ethical shoe brand, Matsidiso. Jinae had approached her mother-in-law about the family’s struggling dance-shoe factory which Jinae believed she could turn around. What makes...

October 9, 2020

Q&A: Ezokhetho designer, Mpumelelo Dhlamini cuts to cut down waste

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Q&A: Ezokhetho designer, Mpumelelo Dhlamini cuts to cut down waste

Mpumelelo Dhlamini was born with creativity flowing through his veins. Growing up surrounded by hard-working, fashionable women, this creativity was nurtured, cultivated, and has culminated into his luxury ready-to-wear brand, Ezokhetho. The brand name is isiZulu for “carefully chosen as...

September 25, 2020

VANKLAN is marrying creativity with conservation

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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...

September 21, 2020

Q&A: Designer Ntando XV Ngwenya wonders why we still import clothes

Opinion

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...

September 11, 2020

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Q&A: Eleazer Radebe of By Ele presents a new collection to soothe our souls

Sindiso Khumalo uses fashion to tell stories of women’s empowerment and global sheroes

The student becomes the teacher: Katekani Moreku shows the way with his slow fashion

Q&A: Michael Reid talks to us about his unisex brand Xavier Sadan

How Joburg designer Matthew Edwards is innovating a circular materials future

Twyg Changemaker Lara Klawikowski innovates through design as well as materials

Download the Twyg zine for your summer holiday reading

Phygital retailer EGG launches with ambitions to boost local product

Q&A: Shamyra Moodley sees the future of sustainable fashion as DIY-fashion-meets-art

Part One: Preferred South African animal fibre textiles

Introducing the Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards 2020 Finalists

Q&A with Jinae Heyns on how Matsidiso shoes take sustainable steps

Q&A: Ezokhetho designer, Mpumelelo Dhlamini cuts to cut down waste

VANKLAN is marrying creativity with conservation

Q&A: Designer Ntando XV Ngwenya wonders why we still import clothes

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