Avant Garde 2013 on expresso {19 November 2013}
byFor those of you who missed this morning’s Avant Garde insert on SABC 3’s expresso, here it is!
eco fashion
Sass & Bide Made with Love {Made in Africa}
byAustralian designers, Sass & Bide, have teamed up for the third time with the International Trade Centre and the United Nations, this time to create a limited edition shopper, clutch and purse.
ReFashioned: Cutting Edge Clothing from Upcycled Materials
byHot on the heels on the culmination of Live Eco’s upcycled fashion design competition, Avant Garde dress – won by Marquin Sampson from CPUT, comes the release of “ReFashioned”, a new eco fashion book by fashion activist, designer, and FIT lecturer Sass Brown.
Ethical Fashion E-tailer, Zady, Launches Pop-up at La Guardia Airport
byI stumbled upon Zady’s online store a couple of weeks ago and have been meaning to do a post since. Just this week Zady has have launched a pop-up ethical fashion store in NYC’s busy LaGuardia airport, just in time for the holidays.
Avant Garde dress Judging {FINAL}
byLast week the judging panel convened to determine this year’s Avant Garde dress winner and lucky recipient of the R10 000 bursary towards their studies for 2014, courtesy of The Cape Town Fashion Council.
Gwyneth Paltrow Collaborates with ECOALF
byGwyneth Paltrow has teamed up with sustainable fashion brand ECOALF, to create two limited edition pieces for her lifestyle brand, goop.
Summer Fashion Trends 2013
bySummer is arguably the most important time in the world of fashion. Designers from all over the world try to outdo each other every year in order to bring the best, most feminine and most beautiful items to stores. Here’s a quick round-up of some of the great fashion trends for summer 2013.
Meet Melissa Wynne {Avant Garde dress Top 10 Finalist}
byOur next Avant Garde dress Top 10 finalist is CPUT’s Melissa Wynne, a once aspiring lawyer now has the sustainable fashion world in her sights.
Green Jeans a Reality {And we don’t mean the colour}
byWe introduced you to Dirtball a few weeks ago with their recycled PET t-shirts. Now the company is sourcing funding to start manufacturing green jeans.
Meet Marquin Sampson {Avant Garde dress Top 10 Finalist}
byAvant Garde dress Top 10 finalist Marquin Sampson, is the only male student out of the 10 finalists. Marquin is our Avant Garde dress CPUT thorn amongst the roses! Let’s talk…