{"id":229487,"date":"2022-06-22T14:26:16","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T12:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/?p=117434"},"modified":"2022-06-22T14:26:16","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T12:26:16","slug":"twyg-presents-africa-textile-talks-23-25-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/twyg-presents-africa-textile-talks-23-25-june\/","title":{"rendered":"Twyg presents Africa Textile Talks 23-25 June"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"scaip scaip-1 \">\n<aside id=\"republication_tracker_tool-2\" class=\"republication_tracker_tool clearfix\">\n<h5 class=\"adtitle\">Republish for Free<\/h5>\n<div class=\"license\">\n<p><button name=\"Republish This Story\" id=\"cc-btn\" class=\"republication-tracker-tool-button\">Republish This Story<\/button><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"license\" rel=\"noreferrer license noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nd\/4.0\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/twyg-presents-africa-textile-talks-23-25-june.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/twyg-presents-africa-textile-talks-23-25-june.png\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"message\">\n<p>Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The first of its kind, the Africa Textile Talks is a three-day Southern Africa hybrid event, presented by Twyg (SA) and Imiloa Collective (Mauritius) in collaboration with the Karoo Winter Wool Festival taking place 23-26 June.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe focus on local growing and production \u2013 farm to fashion \u2013 will enhance a connection to place, and illuminate the immense potential of nature-friendly textile industries, as we return to our roots, reconnect to our natural environments, and reimagine the future of fashion,\u201d says Jackie May, founder and editor of Twyg. \u201cJoin us and help grow the movement of ethical, circular and sustainable growers, makers, designers, creatives and innovators.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The programme and registration details are here: https:\/\/twyg.co.za\/africa-textile-talks-2022\/<\/p>\n<p><strong>The speakers are:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Omoyemi Akerele, Founder of the Lagos Fashion Week<br \/>\u2022 Eunice Pais, Visual Artist<br \/>\u2022 Simone Cipriani, Founder of the Ethical Fashion Initiative<br \/>\u2022 Sibabalwe Ndlwana, Weaving and Textile Designer<br \/>\u2022 Tinyiko Makwakwa, Fibre Artist<br \/>\u2022 Cyril Naicker, National Co-ordinator of Fashion Revolution<br \/>\u2022 Stella Hertantyo, Assistant Editor of Twyg<br \/>\u2022 Aaniyah Martin-Omardien, Founder of The Beach Co-Op<br \/>\u2022 Ky Bxshxff, Fashion Editor, Stylist and Writer<br \/>\u2022 Esethu Cenga, Co- Founder of Rewoven<br \/>\u2022 Genna Shrosbree, Designer<br \/>\u2022 MmusoMaxwell, Fashion Designers<br \/>\u2022 Jackie May, Founder and Editor of Twyg<br \/>\u2022 Shivani Ragavoodoo Canee, Fashion Accessories Designer and Social Entrepreneur<br \/>\u2022 Cleo Droomer, Artist<br \/>\u2022 Dylan McGarry, Scholar Activist-Pracademic Multimedia Artist<br \/>\u2022 Dorcas Mutombo, Fashion Designer<br \/>\u2022 Roland Kroon, Regenerative Land Manager<br \/>\u2022 Isabelle Chowree, Storyteller and Facilitator at The Empathy Club<br \/>\u2022 Erica DeGreef, Founder of African Fashion Research Institute<br \/>\u2022 Priya Ramkissoon, Founder and Director of Imiloa Collective<br \/>\u2022 Roland Kroon, Regenerative Land Manager<br \/>\u2022 Chloe Andrea Welgemoed, Stylist, Production and Costume Designer<br \/>\u2022 Vanessa Simrick, Fashion Student<br \/>\u2022 Steven Gerber, Farmer<br \/>\u2022 Leandi Mulder, Fashion Designer<br \/>\u2022 Thobeka Mbane, Stylist<br \/>\u2022 Michelle Jones-Phillipson, Sustainability Practitioner<br \/>\u2022 Dax Holdings, Managing Director of Mungo<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to attend \/ send questions \/ request interview time \/ copy and images then please email kefilwe@Kamuses.co.za<\/p>\n<p>Twyg is a magazine working at the intersection of fashion and sustainability: inspiring and supporting kinder, fairer, inclusive and nature-friendly futures. This entails creating stories and events to support a transition to sustainable living. For the Design Futures Lab, Twyg designed a series of virtual workshops about sustainability, decoloniality and regeneration as it relates to growing, making, wearing and wasting of fashion in South Africa. By challenging the participants to reflect on the fashion industry, Twyg introduced ideas that will germinate stories about the future of fashion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mypr.co.za\/contact\/featured\/\">CLICK HERE to submit your press release to MyPR.co.za<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"post-views-icon dashicons dashicons-chart-bar\"><\/span> <span class=\"post-views-label\">Press Release Views:<\/span> <span class=\"post-views-count\">41<\/span> <\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-pagination pagination\">Pages: <span class=\"post-page-numbers current\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Page <\/span>1<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/twyg-presents-africa-textile-talks-23-25-june\/2\/\" class=\"post-page-numbers\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Page <\/span>2<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\">Source: MyPR.co.za<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republish for Free Republish This Story Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. 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