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New closing date for Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards 2022 entries

New closing date for Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards 2022 entries

The entry deadline for the fourth annual Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards have been extended until Friday 14 October 2022. If you are implementing sustainable, circular and regenerative approaches to your design(s), we invites you to enter these and or your...

October 11, 2022

New jury for Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards 2022

2022 Awards Features

New jury for Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards 2022

For the fourth annual edition of the Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards, we welcome on board a new panel of judges. This year, we have included a strong global perspective to the judging panel. We are confident that this dynamic panel,...

September 6, 2022

Changemaker winner 2021: The Herd carves out space for beading in the fashion world

2021 Awards Fashion

Changemaker winner 2021: The Herd carves out space for beading in the fashion world

A fashion accessory brand took home both the Nicholas Coutts and the Changemaker presented by Country Road awards at the Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards 2021. Founded and directed by Mbali Mthethwa, The Herd is inspired by the beadwork of Nguni...

December 7, 2021

Meet the winners of the Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards 2021

2021 Awards Fashion

Meet the winners of the Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards 2021

At the third annual Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards, held at the House Union Block in Cape Town city centre on Thursday, 18 November, 8 brands and designers were awarded for their efforts in moving towards slow, sustainable fashion as well...

November 29, 2021

Judges revealed for the Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards 2021

2021 Awards Fashion

Judges revealed for the Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards 2021

For our third edition of the Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards, we’re delighted to welcome stellar designers Lukhanyo Mdingi and Sindiso Khumalo to our jury. Lukhanyo was recently awarded the special Karl Lagerfeld Prize at LVMH, fashion designer Lukhanyo Mdingi. Sindiso...

September 20, 2021

Call for Nominations: Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards 2021

2021 Awards Fashion

Call for Nominations: Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards 2021

Designers are problem solvers, and right now, we urgently need problems solved. There has been a noticeable shift in how fashion thinks of itself with a realisation that its responsibility is far wider than making clothes. For this reason, we’re...

August 3, 2021

Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards 2021 application process

2021 Awards

Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards 2021 application process

Are you implementing sustainable, circular and regenerative approaches to your design? Are you fostering ethical practices? Are you challenging business-as-usual? If these are issues that concern you, then we’re looking for you! The Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards 2021 are open...

August 3, 2021

Sony World Photography Award 2021 Student Finalist features Lara Klawikowski

Fashion

Sony World Photography Award 2021 Student Finalist features Lara Klawikowski

In her work photographer, Claudia Mauderer recognises that plastic waste material threatens nature. The young photographer and recent graduate of the Stellenbosch Academy of Design and Photography was shortlisted for the Sony World Photography Award 2021 Student competition, with her...

April 21, 2021

South Africa’s elusive fashion legend Clive Rundle is back on the SAFW runway

2019 Awards Fashion

South Africa’s elusive fashion legend Clive Rundle is back on the SAFW runway

Clive Rundle’s clothes have always been able to speak for themselves. Famously driven by his technical prowess, attention to detail and a dedication to perfecting design crafts, the eponymous label has been a leader in South African fashion since 1983....

April 19, 2021

Guided by skilled cobblers Matsidiso ethically crafts modern accessories

2020 Awards Fashion

Guided by skilled cobblers Matsidiso ethically crafts modern accessories

It’s often said that you cannot teach an old dog new tricks, but accessory brand Matsidiso was born from breaking this rule. Co-founder Jinae Heyns knew that her mother-in-law’s shoe factory had potential for a new life, after operating for...

March 15, 2021

Sindiso Khumalo uses fashion to tell stories of women’s empowerment and global sheroes

2019 Awards Fashion

Sindiso Khumalo uses fashion to tell stories of women’s empowerment and global sheroes

Sindiso Khumalo is not just a LVMH finalist. An unofficial family historian, textile designer and social activist, she represents the social possibilities which can be opened up through fashion. And now, as the (joint) recipient of one of the fashion...

February 18, 2021

Lukhanyo Mdingi chooses to design with integrity and intention

2019 Awards Fashion

Lukhanyo Mdingi chooses to design with integrity and intention

From a technical prowess honed during his time at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, to a debut at New York Fashion Week in 2019, Lukhanyo is no small-time designer. Added to this, Lukhanyo was hand picked to participate in...

January 25, 2021

Twyg Changemaker Lara Klawikowski innovates through design as well as materials

2020 Awards Fashion

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

Categories and criteria for the Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards 2020

2020 Awards

Categories and criteria for the Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards 2020

We have opened nominations for the Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards 2020. Once again, we’re looking for designers who implement sustainable, circular and regenerative approaches to design and who foster ethical practices in the industry. We want to celebrate all the...

August 28, 2020

Spinning a local yarn for designer Mzukise Mbane’s cotton dress

Fashion

Spinning a local yarn for designer Mzukise Mbane’s cotton dress

Imprint ZA’s 100% South African cotton dress was a showstopper at the Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards. The attention-grabbing dress was largely inspired by an Imprint ZA African bridal gown that was nominated as the Most Beautiful Object in South Africa 2019....

November 11, 2019

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New closing date for Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards 2022 entries

New jury for Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards 2022

Changemaker winner 2021: The Herd carves out space for beading in the fashion world

Meet the winners of the Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards 2021

Judges revealed for the Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards 2021

Call for Nominations: Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards 2021

Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards 2021 application process

Sony World Photography Award 2021 Student Finalist features Lara Klawikowski

South Africa’s elusive fashion legend Clive Rundle is back on the SAFW runway

Guided by skilled cobblers Matsidiso ethically crafts modern accessories

Sindiso Khumalo uses fashion to tell stories of women’s empowerment and global sheroes

Lukhanyo Mdingi chooses to design with integrity and intention

Twyg Changemaker Lara Klawikowski innovates through design as well as materials

Categories and criteria for the Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards 2020

Spinning a local yarn for designer Mzukise Mbane’s cotton dress

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