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Secondhand markets are on the up (and even Zara has jumped on the bandwagon)

A few weeks ago, Zara, the Spanish fashion chain with stores all over the world, announced that it was branching into the secondhand market. With a pilot test in the United Kingdom, through the Zara Pre-Owned platform, it is set...

January 24, 2023

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Q&A with Jordan Mwaura from Kenya’s Urban Pitchaz fashion collective

Meet Urban Pitchaz, a collective of four contemporary artists based in Nairobi, Kenya. The artists are focussed on fashion photography and film, telling authentic and relatable African stories. The themes are reinvention and experimentation. The collective acts as a bridge...

November 5, 2021

Q&A: Gabrielle Onay and Ruby Manning on why Picnic & Thrift is thriving

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Q&A: Gabrielle Onay and Ruby Manning on why Picnic & Thrift is thriving

Picnicking while thrifting is a dreamy outing for a millennial fashion lover. So it’s no surprise that a series of back garden picnickers and thrifters has developed into events and market company, Picnic & Thrift. Founded in Johannesburg in 2019, Picnic...

September 17, 2021

Q&A: Ocean Sono says vintage is growing underground roots

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Q&A: Ocean Sono says vintage is growing underground roots

A few weeks ago, I spotted a vintage shoot on Instagram. One of the models, Yui Keeping, sent me to meet Lulu Sono at her vintage stall on Church Street in Cape Town, which led me to meeting Lulu’s sons....

February 12, 2021

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Thrifting: The future of fashion may be in your closet

Thrifting, secondhand, and resale are fashion buzzwords. In fact, statistics suggest secondhand could overtake fast fashion in the next ten years and unlock a sustainable fashion future. According to WWD, thrifting is now a $28 billion (over R407 billion) global...

January 27, 2020

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Six Ways to Create a Wardrobe of Sustainable Fashion

If you love fashion, you’re in for a treat this month. We’re celebrating South African fashion at SA Fashion Week (3 – 6 April) in Johannesburg and next week at AFI Cape Town Fashion Week (11-13 April). We’ll be thinking a little...

March 31, 2019

Fashion

What’s the Stitch? How to put fashion waste to good use

At Greenpop’s Reforest Fest last year, the crew wore T-shirts made from recycled plastic bottles. You’re thinking “school design project”. Or, that it is a T-shirt made from clear plastic scales hot-glued together. Nope. These T-shirts look, feel and behave like...

February 10, 2019

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How rental services make fashion more sustainable

Imagine. At the beginning of a new month, 30 or 31 outfits are delivered to your door by a rental service. Clothes and accessories are clean, the right fit for your body shape and styled to suit your lifestyle, including...

January 21, 2019

What’s The Stitch? About A Secondhand Revolution

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What’s The Stitch? About A Secondhand Revolution

It’s a new year and time for a ‘new you’, right? Maybe you’re starting a new job (I am!). Or lost your suitcase. Gained (maybe lost) some weight. Or just want a new look. You may need a few new...

January 3, 2019

Fashion

Vintage clothing and the fashion story that never ends

Jackie Burger has been buying and wearing vintage since she found the freedom to define her own style as a student. “I still love the fabrics, the quality, the story… there is so much contained in a well-chosen vintage item....

May 24, 2018

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Secondhand markets are on the up (and even Zara has jumped on the bandwagon)

Q&A with Jordan Mwaura from Kenya’s Urban Pitchaz fashion collective

Q&A: Gabrielle Onay and Ruby Manning on why Picnic & Thrift is thriving

Q&A: Ocean Sono says vintage is growing underground roots

Thrifting: The future of fashion may be in your closet

Six Ways to Create a Wardrobe of Sustainable Fashion

What’s the Stitch? How to put fashion waste to good use

How rental services make fashion more sustainable

What’s The Stitch? About A Secondhand Revolution

Vintage clothing and the fashion story that never ends

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