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H&M x Lee collection launches along with sustainability tips from creatives

All fashion should be sustainable fashion. Change the business model. Slow down production. Produce only what sells. Insist on ethical labour conditions. Don’t let profit stand in the way of change. Pay fair wages. These are statements from a series...

January 27, 2021

Book review: Earth Logic calls for less consumption and more care

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Book review: Earth Logic calls for less consumption and more care

Kate Fletcher and Mathilda Tham’s Earth Logic (see link below) is a compelling free-to-read, free-to-share, intervention on sustainable fashion and the industry’s shortcomings. In fact, it is a critique of widespread approaches to the crisis that fashion, as one of...

January 23, 2021

Twyg Changemaker Lara Klawikowski innovates through design as well as materials

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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

How thrifting became part of the system that encourages hyper consumption

Opinion

How thrifting became part of the system that encourages hyper consumption

According to Thred Up, by 2030, the second-hand industry is predicted to replace fast-fashion. Thrifting is a term that has become part of our everyday language. A few decades, or even a few years ago, this word would be mistaken...

January 18, 2021

Opinion

The Twyg manifesto

We’ve compiled a manifesto as a guide to our content creation – it’s an open-ended, living guide to our editorial journey that is of unfolding learning. Care Caring for people and the planet are fundamental to everything we do. In...

January 12, 2021

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Q&A: Anyango Mpinga unveils real life truths with a digital fashion campaign

On her twitter feed, Nairobi-born designer Anyango Mpinga referred to her latest campaign as having its roots in a crazy idea. She wrote, “I had this crazy idea for a campaign to dress women in virtual 3D garments remotely and...

December 4, 2020

Winners of Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards 2020 announced

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Winners of Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards 2020 announced

The second annual Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards took place last night at Rewoven’s recycling textile warehouse in Cape Town. Amongst the prestigious awards handed out on the night, designer Lara Klawikowski took home the most coveted award of them all:...

November 20, 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

Press Release: Twyg Awards 2020 finalists announced

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Press Release: Twyg Awards 2020 finalists announced

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

Country Road invests R100 000 prize money in Twyg Changemaker Award

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Country Road invests R100 000 prize money in Twyg Changemaker Award

Putting their money behind sustainable fashion in South Africa, Country Road is sponsoring the Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards and a R100 000 cash prize for the winner of the Changemaker category. Founder and director of Twyg, Jackie May, says, “There...

October 8, 2020

Opinion

Can cyberspace save fashion?

Fashion is approaching the future. With a sold-out virtual reality Circular Fashion Summit taking place this weekend and a well-received 3D Helsinki Fashion Week that took place a few weeks ago, it’s no surprise that many think fashion’s future lies...

October 2, 2020

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Four Black South African fashion designers take centre stage, on the world stage

Take a moment. We’ve recently experienced one of the most blatant expressions of white supremacy on global television in recent history. At the same time, we’ve seen four Black South African fashion designers take to the world stage with history-making...

October 2, 2020

Vegan leather made from mushrooms could mould the future of sustainable fashion

Opinion

Vegan leather made from mushrooms could mould the future of sustainable fashion

Postdoctoral researcher from Vienna University of Technogoly, Mitchell P. Jones explores the viability of vegan leather as an alternative to animal leather. Seven millennia since its invention, leather remains one of the most durable and versatile natural materials. However, some...

September 22, 2020

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Fashion brands Lukhanyo Mdingi and REIGN step into the global market

Two South African brands, REIGN and Lukhanyo Mdingi, recently completed an accelerator programme with the Ethical Fashion Initiative. As part of a cohort of six hand-picked African fashion brands from across the continent, they spent four-months tailoring their businesses to...

September 17, 2020

Kate Sekules: “Mending is a rebellion against the status quo”

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Kate Sekules: “Mending is a rebellion against the status quo”

New York-based visible mender, Kate Sekules, writes that decorative repair encompasses “a rebellion against the fashion status quo, a refusal to dress correctly, and thus a refusal to further line the pockets of a few over-rich, white male, conscience-free titans...

September 10, 2020

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H&M x Lee collection launches along with sustainability tips from creatives

Book review: Earth Logic calls for less consumption and more care

Twyg Changemaker Lara Klawikowski innovates through design as well as materials

How thrifting became part of the system that encourages hyper consumption

The Twyg manifesto

Q&A: Anyango Mpinga unveils real life truths with a digital fashion campaign

Winners of Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards 2020 announced

Part One: Preferred South African animal fibre textiles

Press Release: Twyg Awards 2020 finalists announced

Country Road invests R100 000 prize money in Twyg Changemaker Award

Can cyberspace save fashion?

Four Black South African fashion designers take centre stage, on the world stage

Vegan leather made from mushrooms could mould the future of sustainable fashion

Fashion brands Lukhanyo Mdingi and REIGN step into the global market

Kate Sekules: “Mending is a rebellion against the status quo”

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