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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

Fashion

Why it’s worth going to H&M for the Conscious Exclusive 2018 collection

Take a look at this collection. You don't often get an opportunity to feel and see the new generation of sustainable fabrics in the form of beautiful red carpet looks

April 19, 2018

Fashion

Want to know who is behind the Fashion Revolution? Meet Orsola de Castro

Orsola co-founded Fashion Revolution in 2013. Since then, the campaign has grown into a global movement of people demanding a fairer, safer and more sustainable fashion industry. Find out more

April 18, 2018

Fashion

Closet Wise: Changing my mindset to slowly change my wardrobe

At the beginning of this year, Luanne committed to becoming an ethical and responsible shopper. This is the first bi-monthly column about her sustainable fashion journey.

April 11, 2018

Fashion

Q+A with fashion designer Leandi Mulder about her eco-label

Leandi recently showed her collection at the AFI Cape Town Fashion Week as part of the Fashion Revolution group. Hers spoke to sustainable fashion very directly in terms of fabric and manufacturing.

April 4, 2018

Opinion

Can South Africa become a leader in fair and safe employment for garment workers?

In SA, 9.2-million people need employment and the clothing industry currently employs fewer that 100,000. How can this industry grow to employ more people?

April 4, 2018

Fashion

When the revolution comes this is what you’ll be wearing

Fashion Revolution South Africa curated a fashion show for African Fashion International Cape Town Fashion Week. Here is the list of designers you can look forward to seeing.

March 22, 2018

Fashion

Jaden Smith: Meet G-Star RAW’s new climate warrior

Watch the video launch of the sustainable denim collection in FW18.

March 19, 2018

Fashion

Five winners of the H&M Global Change Award could change the face of fashion

Initiated by the non-profit H&M Foundation, these awards spur early stage innovations in helping fashion recirculate valuable resources. Here are the 2018 winners.

March 15, 2018

Fashion

12 Fast facts about fashion

We buy clothes every season that we can replace the next without breaking our bank accounts. But this fast fashion comes at a cost to the people making those clothes and to the environment.

March 8, 2018

Fashion

Helsinki Fashion Week walks the green talk this year

A mere babe on the fashion week scene, Helsinki Fashion Week has taken a giant leap into the future. This year the fashion week will be showing 30 sustainable brands in an eco-village environment.

March 6, 2018

Fashion