The circular economy offers a fresh approach to how we produce and consume, focusing on reducing, reusing, recycling and recovering. It moves us away from the traditional “make, use, discard” model, creating a more sustainable system to balance the needs of the...
Every time I visit the Investec Cape Town Art Fair, I make it my mission to seek out the textile art. In earlier years I had to hunt for these pieces, most of which were woven. More recently, however, I’ve noticed an expansion of craft techniques, with artists...
Along with our partners the V&A Watershed, we’re hosting our first Slow Fashion Festival in Cape Town. Join us on 17 August from 10am – 4pm for a day of slow fashion experiences (and some music and dancing) at the Watershed. As you might know,...
Fashion is engineered for disposability. It is generally understood that 100 billion clothes are produced annually, most of which are thrown away within a year, and only about 1% of this is recycled back into textiles. This is unsustainable as fashion contributes...
There are no fabrics in Africa. This is what Bubu Ogisi was told while studying fashion in Paris. Similarly, the dominant narrative has been that there are no monuments, no ancient texts, and no innovative technologies. Having being colonised and exploited for...
Our work is in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 12, which aims to ensure sustainable consumption and production. Read More
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