Jackie May

Cape Town

Writer and Editor at Freelance

Editor in Chief and Founder at twyg

Founder and editor-in-chief of @twygmag #fashion #sustainability #future

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Articles

Book reviews: Earth Day advice on how to lighten your footprint

1 month ago | twyg.co.za | Jackie May

Figuring out how to lighten your footprint and reduce your carbon emissions is overwhelming. Firstly, it feels too hard − we live in complex and intersecting social, economic and political systems that have evolved over a very long time. Secondly, we are regularly sent doomsday messages telling us that our lifestyles are contributing to catastrophic climate chaos. These messages leave us feeling paralysed.
Explainer: What the global tariff war means (for fashion)

1 month ago | twyg.co.za | Jackie May

Everyone is in a state of shock at the trade war that has broken out after the US introduced new tariffs to penalise countries that export more goods and services to the US than they import from the US. It’s been a week of chaos in the markets and deep uncertainty about how the globalised, complex fashion system will respond. Lets unpack the basics. What are tariffs? Tariffs are taxes charged on goods bought from other countries.
Explainer: Your clothes contain more plastic than you think

1 month ago | twyg.co.za | Jackie May

For every 5 items repaired, 4 replace a new purchase. That means fewer clothes in landfills and fewer sad, abandoned T-shirts. Learn why mending is the ultimate zero-waste power move – and how a few small stitches can make a big impact!Is mending worth the time? Fast fashion makes new clothes so cheap that repairs often don’t feel worth it. Why spend 10 minutes sewing on a button when buying new is so cheap? But mending is worth it – because the cost of clothing goes far beyond the price tag.
Now is not the time to go "back to plastics"

Feb 17, 2025 | twyg.co.za | Jackie May

Plastics resource extraction, production, and use are out of control. This is what a group of renowned scientists have declared. Plastics are driving climate change, polluting our environment and entering our bloodstreams and brains. For these reasons – and more – the United States’ political antics are troubling. Eye-wateringly bad decisions are being made at a time when policy is required to assist a rapid and just transition to sustainable living.
Good Good Good takes Mekeka Designs barkcloth to Paris Fashion Week

Feb 10, 2025 | twyg.co.za | Jackie May

At the Africa Textile Talks in August 2024, Ugandan textile experts Josephine Mukasa and Pamela Kyagera presented barkcloth—an indigenous and renewable Ugandan textile—to an audience of 200 in Cape Town.
Green your fashion with GOTS

Jan 23, 2025 | twyg.co.za | Jackie May

In an ideal world, all fashion and textiles should have positive impacts on people and planet. The production of fibres and fabrics should not harm soil health, water, biodiversity, and people. Instead, the reality is that textile production continues to drive climate change, pollute the environment, and harm people. There is an increase in fossil-based synthetic fabrics while the prevalence of preferred fibres – organic, regenerative and recycled – remains low. What will it take to turn this tide?
Our top 9 fashion moments of 2024

Dec 18, 2024 | twyg.co.za | Jackie May

As 2024 draws to an end, we have compiled a list of our top 9 fashion moments of the year. Some are moments we curated for you, others are events that we believe are transformative and progressive for fashion. And then, although, we don’t think this podcast is going to change the world, we added British fashion designer Bella Freud’s Fashion Neurosis podcast. Thank you for reading us this year.
Decolonising fashion: Lesiba Mabitsela’s journey to Afro-sustainability

Oct 8, 2024 | twyg.co.za | Jackie May

The quality of respect runs throughout Lesiba’s work as he engages with African, Eastern, modern, ancient, indigenous, analogue and digital forms of design and opens space for dialogue about Afro-sustainability. Lesiba is a fashion practitioner and researcher. Photo: Half & Halve Lesiba understands fashion as an active, enquiring and ever-evolving practice that has played an important role in shaping history and society.
Q&A: Diana Cilliers give us a peek into the White Cube boutique world

Jun 7, 2024 | twyg.co.za | Jackie May

A new boutique has opened in Muizenberg, Cape Town’s seaside suburb on False Bay. Curated by Diana Ciliers, the retail destination offers a selection of beautifully crafted, artisanal garments made local craftspeople. We spoke to Diana for more details. Tell us about the White Cube boutique.
Explore tradition through the lens of 19 designers applying African fashion practices

May 7, 2024 | twyg.co.za | Jackie May

A gallery in Nairobi was the site of a recent exhibition titled Tradition(al). It was anything but traditional. The works of 19 African fashion designers were showcased in the Kenyan capital from 4 – 12 April, forming part of a larger Dutch initiative called the State of Fashion Biennale. Between 17 May – 30 June 2024 parts of Tradition(al) will travel to the main site in Arnhem in The Netherlands.