South Africa Archives - Page 29 of 29

Looking for local, sustainable brands? Find them at The Ethical Market in Joburg

After two successful Cape Town-based pop ups (and many requests for a Johannesburg-based one), THEM or The Ethical Market will open on Thursday evening at the Bamboo centre in Johannesburg. This pop up shop focusses on local and ethical fashion,...

October 23, 2018

Features

Erin Hooper has woven a narrative about textile workers

As the academic year draws to a close, fashion design students have been busy finalising their end-of-year collections. For her fourth-year project, Erin Hooper not only considered the environment but also the collapse of the Cape Town clothing and textile...

October 14, 2018

Fashion

How a love for knitting led to the launch of new knitwear label Wrapt

On the small mezzanine level of a house in Johannesburg, the Wrapt team is busily working at knitting machines. It’s been a few months since they joined Hannelie Bekker’s new knitwear label but already Oupa Nhovela, Anna Setloboko and Felicity...

September 7, 2018

Features

The T-shirt that keeps plastic bottles out of the ocean

Update: Since this article was published, Into The Green has closed. Roxanne and Stefan have referred us to a colleague for a similar offering Fashion labels across the world, including G-Star Raw, H&M, Gucci, Adidas and North Face, are using fabric made...

June 12, 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

Message in a bottle: Thirza Schaap makes plastic ocean art that is both beautiful and scary

When you walk along the Atlantic coast’s sandy white beaches in Cape Town, it’s easy to be distracted by the startling magnificence of the scenery. The ice blue waves crash down onto beaches and smash into black brown rocks. On...

June 3, 2018

Food

Chitter-chatter about conscious food

Stop eating prawns. Now. A dish of grilled prawns with garlic butter is one of life’s luxuries. But it comes at a price. Not only will the dish of prawns cost you a few hundred rands, it comes at an...

May 23, 2018

Places

Hotel review: Spier walks the talk

The Spier Hotel has everything and more you’d expect from a four-star hotel: 153 rooms, conference centres, restaurants, an artists’ studio and expansive gardens… The décor is stylish while not intimidating, and contemporary South African art is displayed throughout the...

May 21, 2018

Features

Ring of truth: the Smiths don’t throw anything away

Carin Smith, a freelancer in the creative industry, does a “ little bit everything”. She’s a crafter, stylist, painter, illustrator, window display-maker, paper-flower artist and occasionally she hosts workshops. Recently she and her brother, Norman, formed Next of Kin and...

May 3, 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

Places

Grootbos Private Nature Reserve shows off the best of eco-luxury

Travel and sustainability aren’t generally compatible. So when you do travel, choose well. Choose a destination, close-by if possible, that is environmentally and sustainably responsible. Where? And how do you find a place you’ll like? There are a number of...

April 19, 2018

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