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Tag: sustainable fashion

Is fashion art?

Average read time: 7 minutes. Fashion and art have been in a beautiful courtship for decades, which has been celebrated the world over in museums, exhibitions, on runways and on stage. The lines...

Spotlight on Vanklan

Average reading time: 4 minutes. The erudite words of South African Fashion Week CEO Lucilla Booysen of this year’s Scouting Menswear Competition winner, Durban-based 23-year-old B Tech fashion and textile designer Alexandra van...

Sunny side up

Average reading time: 5 minutes.  While we may not yet know what summer will hold, finding new ways to stay cool and look hot, whether for a beach trip or pool party, will likely come down to...

SAFW Scouting Menswear – let’s hear it for the boys

Rising admirably to the challenge, these young fashion game-changers, using 100% textile ‘waste’, contribute nobly to a circular fashion system with their commendable collections created with the conviction that will inspire and...

SAFW AW22 — Amanda Laird Cherry on finding creativity in chaos

Average read time: 6 minutes. On the eve of SAFW AW22, internationally awarded designer, fashion icon, and creator of her eponymous designer label, Amanda Laird Cherry explains how she wishes she was treading...

SAFW AW 21 takes to the runway

Average read time: 7 minutes. Be there or be square! After a prolonged period of forced abstinence, fashionistas and front-row lovers can attend in person once again as SAFW Autumn/Winter 2021 takes to...

The secret to success: learning to adapt in the fashion industry

Once upon a time playwright, poet and performer Jessica Hagedorn said coolly, concisely and very precisely, “Adaptability is the simple secret to survival”. After the year we’ve all just had and are,...

The show must go on

Tell us what your intention was when you created SAFW. I started SA Fashion Week so that we could build the fashion industry of SA into a designer-led country as opposed to mass...
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