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Zaynab Sadan shares her personal guide to an eco-friendly lifestyle

We have lost our connection to nature says Zaynab Sadan. The masters science graduate from the University of Cape Town says it was researching and discovering how many different systems co-exist that drove Zaynab’s determination to resolve some of the...

June 12, 2020

The Covid coat offers upcycled protection

Fashion

The Covid coat offers upcycled protection

Cape Town-based design and manufacturing studio, The Sewing Café, is taking care of front-liners and commuters to help keep them safe with these affordable, practical, comfortable and easy-to-sanitise coats and suits made from upcycled banner ads. The Sewing Café’s Athene...

June 11, 2020

Transcript: Interview with SACTWU’s Etienne Vlok about the retail and textile masterplan

Fashion The Hub

Transcript: Interview with SACTWU’s Etienne Vlok about the retail and textile masterplan

On Wednesday, 3 June, editor-in-chief of Twyg Magazine, Jackie May was in conversation with SACTWU’s National Industrial Policy Officer, Etienne Vlok to discuss the retail, clothing, textile, footwear and leather (R-CTFL) masterplan which was signed by major CTFL retailers, manufacturers,...

June 8, 2020

Q&A: Artist Victor Ehikhamenor confronts environmental pollution and other hot topics

Opinion

Q&A: Artist Victor Ehikhamenor confronts environmental pollution and other hot topics

Nigerian contemporary African artist, Victor Ehikhamenor is influenced by “culture and life” and is unafraid to explore current issues. Victor’s formative years were guided by his 87-year-old uncle, one of Nigeria’s oldest photographers who encouraged his nephew to embrace photography,...

May 29, 2020

Fashion

Lagos Fashion Week: Highlights from Woven Threads

The fourth annual edition of Woven Threads, held last month, was a fully digital event. Because of the global pandemic, studio visits, talks and workshops highlighting the work of ten designers with a focus on responsible practices were held online....

May 21, 2020

Fashion

Global Fashion’s Underbelly Is On Show This Season

On show this season are not new summer trends, but the fashion industry’s nasty underbelly. What is being done to address this? Here are three encouraging actions that been taken.

May 19, 2020

Fashion

Why South African corporate fashion brands scored badly in the Transparency Index

Four South African brands were assessed by Fashion Revolution for its Transparency Index 2020 which was released last month. All of them scored within the 11 – 20% range, which is below average. While this is the second year Mr...

May 19, 2020

Fashion

Q&A: Nkwo Onwuka’s fashion brand is driven by the philosophy of less

Nkwo is the founder founder and creative director of the Nigerian artisanal clothing brand NKWO. The environmentally-conscious brand is rooted in ‘the philosophy of less’.

May 15, 2020

Can we rebuild South Africa’s clothing and textile industry one mask at a time?

Opinion

Can we rebuild South Africa’s clothing and textile industry one mask at a time?

The South African clothing and textile industry responded swiftly to COVID-19 to protect workers, and many businesses are making personal protective gear. Is this enough to sustain a struggling sector?

May 15, 2020

How IAMISIGO weaves stories to decolonise the mind

Fashion

How IAMISIGO weaves stories to decolonise the mind

The IAMISIGO mission is to decolonise the mind thoroughly. Creative director Bubu Ogisi finds little-known historical stories in remote African communities and applies these to fibres and garments, “as a form of silent protest to post and neo-colonialism”. Bubu who...

May 14, 2020

Life doesn’t come with a manual, it comes with a mother

Fashion

Life doesn’t come with a manual, it comes with a mother

We asked 6 sustainable fashion designers to send us photos of them with their mothers, and to tell us about what their mothers mean to them.

May 10, 2020

Finalists for Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards 2019 announced

2019 Awards

Finalists for Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards 2019 announced

We are thrilled to report that there was an overwhelming response to the call for nominations for the inaugural Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards 2019. We thank all the designers, retailers and influencers who took the time to submit work and...

September 13, 2019

Christa Dee makes Hemp Clothes with the Future in Mind

Fashion

Christa Dee makes Hemp Clothes with the Future in Mind

Christa Dee talked to Camilla van Hoogstraten about her new clothing brand, Christa & Louella and about exploring ways to think about the future: Christa & Louella is an eco-luxe brand designing and making fashion for a sustainable future. I...

May 31, 2019

Features

Bolt Threads makes a new “leather” from mushroom roots

You’ll remember Bolt Threads from a striking yellow dress designed by Stella McCartney last year. She used a spider silk grown in Bolt Threads’ laboratory. The fabric innovators this week introduced the world to its second new-generation material. Called Mylo,...

April 19, 2018

Fashion

Fashioned from Nature, a new exhibition explores an old and complex relationship

The exhibition explores the complex relationship between fashion and nature, and how fashion designers had been inspired by the natural world over time

April 19, 2018

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Zaynab Sadan shares her personal guide to an eco-friendly lifestyle

The Covid coat offers upcycled protection

Transcript: Interview with SACTWU’s Etienne Vlok about the retail and textile masterplan

Q&A: Artist Victor Ehikhamenor confronts environmental pollution and other hot topics

Lagos Fashion Week: Highlights from Woven Threads

Global Fashion’s Underbelly Is On Show This Season

Why South African corporate fashion brands scored badly in the Transparency Index

Q&A: Nkwo Onwuka’s fashion brand is driven by the philosophy of less

Can we rebuild South Africa’s clothing and textile industry one mask at a time?

How IAMISIGO weaves stories to decolonise the mind

Life doesn’t come with a manual, it comes with a mother

Finalists for Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards 2019 announced

Christa Dee makes Hemp Clothes with the Future in Mind

Bolt Threads makes a new “leather” from mushroom roots

Fashioned from Nature, a new exhibition explores an old and complex relationship

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