TwoCan Make a Difference

TwoCan sustainable business

It’s Lockdown 2020. It’s chaos – people are losing their jobs, millions are hungry and cold, governments are corrupt, and everyone seems hopeless. What does Dylan Oosthuyse do? He starts his sustainable fashion brand, TwoCan, from the firm belief that anyone can make a difference. 

The vision

TwoCan’s clothing was born from the idea to combine two completely different actions:

1. Making a change: a difficult task that requires a lot of effort to plan and takes a long time to achieve. Something most people do not have the courage to start. 
2. Buying clothing: a fairly simple task most people do almost once a month. An enjoyable experience.

 

TwoCan combines these actions by:

1. Donating R60.00 from every sale they make to a charity. 
2. Making all their garments from recycled plastic.
3. Manufacturing their clothing locally.

 

The charities

The colour of the TwoCan logo on the shirt you buy determines the charity to which TwoCan donates. TwoCan have selected eight charities to donate to. When making the selection they took care to choose charities that are well managed and effective. TwoCan also ensured they chose a diverse group of charities so that their impact could have a broad reach. On the basis of colour theory, the charities were then matched with a colour.

Red logo t-shirt

Red logo: Endangered Wildlife Trust

Green logo t-shirt

Green logo: Environmental Clean-up

Purple logo t-shirt

Purple logo: People Opposing Woman Abuse

black logo t-shirt

Black logo: Giving Hope to the Homeless

The journey

It has been a slow but steady process to get TwoCan where they are today. Along the way founder, Dylan Oosthuyse sold his car to keep the business going. But, driven by their passion to empower consumers to make a change through the products they buy, TwoCan plans to grow global.

 

We are very excited to have TwoCan as a Vincii Pilot Retailer – you’ll soon be able to start supporting them on Vincii. In the meantime check them out here.  

 

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