When ‘sustainable’ fashion backfires on the environment
How innovations in the circular economy can actually potentially wiping out any environmental gains.
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The Story of Ambani Fish Leather
Next-generation leather has been all the rage in the last 20 years. Leather has always been a no-brainer material in human societies, maximising what we can get out of the animals we hunt and farm. However, industrialisation and mass manufacturing...
Writing letters to the future unlocks powerful visioning
Through letters to the future and a collective artmaking journey, And Yet We Imagine invites us to plant new seeds of hope, compost outdated ideas, and dream beyond the limits of today’s world.
After Library of wearable narratives
“These garments hold you, like they’ve held others before you.” Thulile Gamedze’s After Library invites us to wear memory, history, and meaning.
There is soft power in contemporary textile art
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...
Review: Looking for clean make-up? We tried Essence
Now more than ever, people are serious about what they put into their bodies—but what about the stuff we put on our bodies? As the conversation around harmful food ingredients and chemicals found in certain fabrics grows louder, one sector...
Explainer: Counterfeit culture and why fakes threaten designers and our economy
If clothing is designed in South Africa, produced in South Africa, and inspired by the symbolism of Xhosa beadwork, shouldn’t South Africans – not counterfeiters – benefit from its success? Here we explain why the prevalence of fakes isn’t about...
Cape Town hosts slow African fashion at 3rd edition of Confections x Collections
The third annual Confections x Collections fashion event presented by Mount Nelson, a Belmond hotel and curated by Twyg, will once again provide a unique platform for diverse, authentic African perspectives and sartorial storytelling. Taking place from 5 – 9...
A night fit for our stars: the 5th annual Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards
Designers, members of the media, finalists, judges, sponsors and visionaries turned out in well-heeled force at the Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards event on Thursday 23 November 2023. To celebrate sustainable fashion’s finest, the fifth annual edition of the awards took...