With nearly 20 years of global experience spanning industry and academia, and a PhD from the University of Technology Sydney, I support leaders to embody regenerative approaches in their fashion-textile practices, businesses and organisations.

My work helps move the industry from extractive to regenerative—shifting systems at the root rather than applying band-aid fixes. Through my research, I've developed frameworks and methodologies that help brands integrate regenerative ecological principles into how they create, relate, and do business.

This means building thriving, reciprocal businesses grounded in care, reciprocity, and reverence—honouring people, place, the more-than-human world, and future generations. My approach weaves practical strategy with embodied & experiential practices, helping leaders integrate their full selves into their work without compromising wellbeing.

Services include strategic mentoring journeys, workshops and retreats, fashion-ecology immersions, academic collaborations, and speaking engagements.

This work is for visionaries and leaders ready to create and embody more beautiful worlds through their fashion-textile practices, communities, and culture.

Beyond shirts. Beyond fashion.
Life Apparel is a messenger and vessel, connecting First Nations artists, stories and culture with the wider community through wearable art. We create apparel with meaning and purpose, encouraging everyone to wear and show their values.

We are a collective of artists, storytellers, creatives, Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and South Sea Islander peoples, and allies from all walks of life. Together, we strive to amplify voices, advance social change and spark important conversations through fashion. Our small team of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people works collaboratively to build a meaningful and trusted business grounded in ethical practices and a clear, purposeful mission.

Life Apparel is an approved signatory of the Indigenous Art Code, ensuring ethical trading, integrity, transparency and accountability in all dealings with First Nations artists. This commitment supports fair and transparent commercial opportunities while reinforcing respect and cultural integrity.

As an Australian-led boutique label and proud allies, Life Apparel nurtures supportive, empowering and inclusive environments where all voices matter and differences are celebrated. We believe voices change conversations, and that amplified voices amplify impact. Life Apparel exists to create connection, opportunity and lasting positive impact through fashion.

J&M Fashions is an Australian fashion manufacturing and wholesale business with a long-standing presence in the local industry. Built on decades of hands-on experience, the business specialises in the design, development, and wholesale supply of women’s apparel to Australian retailers.

Our operations are grounded in end-to-end manufacturing expertise, including pattern development, sampling, fabric sourcing, production coordination, quality control, and timely delivery. This practical manufacturing foundation allows us to produce commercially viable collections that meet Australian market expectations for fit, quality, compliance, and consistency.

As a wholesale supplier, J&M Fashions works closely with boutiques and retail partners to deliver seasonal ranges, core styles, and repeatable best-sellers. We understand the realities of retail—margin requirements, lead times, reorder cycles, and stock flow—and design our collections accordingly to support strong sell-through.

With a focus on women’s fashion and resort-inspired collections, J&M Fashions combines manufacturing discipline with market insight to supply reliable, well-priced, and ethically produced garments. Our approach prioritises long-term retail partnerships, operational reliability, and sustainable growth within Australia’s fashion manufacturing and wholesale sector.

Elevate Wholesale Agency is a consultancy dedicated to helping fashion and lifestyle brands build profitable, long term wholesale businesses. Founded by Jenny Nakkan, Elevate exists to bridge the gap between creative vision and commercial strategy giving brands the tools, guidance and connections they need to scale with confidence.

Whether you're launching into wholesale for the first time or expanding into international markets, Elevate supports you with global pricing strategies, sales timelines, agent and showroom matchmaking, and go-to-market planning tailored to your brand.

In 2025, Elevate launched Splash Sydney Australia’s first internationally recognised fashion trade show to provide brands with a platform that converts brand awareness into global wholesale results.

Elevate doesn't just help brands grow we help them grow the right way.

It’s all about ME You and Design - MEYD.IT - the matchmaker for conscious citizens who want to wear their values. Connect with slow fashion creatives who make dreams real: who refashiona and make hyper-personal looks . Support your local, creator and circular economy. Be part of the solution not the pollution. Channel your passion into the world of slow fashion. Build your atelier on Meyd.it to collaborate with like-minded community.

Backed by more than a century of expertise in advanced textile technology and manufacturing, ADA is transforming uniform solutions for military, law enforcement, and fire and rescue professionals nationwide. Committed to innovation, ADA provides garments that deliver superior safety, comfort, and functionality in the most demanding environments.
ADA’s integrated Apparel Management Systems combine seamless online ordering, advanced automated warehousing, and fitting-store experiences to streamline uniform logistics. ADA provides a fully managed, end-to-end solution that ranges from precise product development to direct delivery.
With in-house research, owned manufacturing capabilities (in Bendigo, Victoria and overseas), and secure IT systems, ADA’s approach ensures speed, accuracy, and quality at every stage.

The Growth Activists partners with fashion organisations to cultivate sustainable growth, enhance positive impact, and build resilience for a thriving future. We empower your business across three key pillars:

STRATEGY: We drive growth through strategic planning and innovation. We collaboratively identify opportunities and develop actionable strategies to unlock new value and navigate the challenges of the evolving global market.

SUSTAINABILITY TRANSFORMATION: From crafting science-based net-zero roadmaps and delivering robust human rights and modern slavery reporting, to strengthening governance, mapping your supply chain, navigating the global regulatory landscape and achieving B Corp certification, we guide you through every step of your sustainability journey.

ENGAGEMENT: We strengthen stakeholder engagement, brand, and communications. We help you connect authentically with evolving consumers and all your other critical stakeholders, building a compelling narrative that reflects your values and commitment to ethical and environmental responsibility, meeting increasing demands with impactful storytelling.

• Free fashion consulting and industry resources
• Optimizing supply chains—Cost, Convenience, Communication, Competition, and Connection
• Finding specialist manufacturers overseas and expanding sourcing options
• Enhancing sourcing, development, production, and purchasing services
• Building strong fashion networks and industry connections

We provide accounting services broadly, but not limited to, tax reporting, preparation of financial statements and business advice for small to medium sized businesses. We have a great client base made up of many artistic, design, fashion and retail businesses that we love to support. We hope to share in our expertise and experiences with other likeminded businesses and hope to continue to learn about others experiences so we can share this with our clients. We offer these kinds of services to a broader range of businesses and clients also.

The Curated Wardrobe, is a styling business that goes beyond traditional styling advice to help women redefine their relationship with clothing. I’m passionate about empowering my clients to look incredible, dress authentically, and break free from the fast fashion cycle. I work with women to decouple their personal style with consumption and save their precious time, money and energy for something more important. I believe in sustainable fashion as a form of self-expression and empowerment, helping clients embrace their unique identity while making mindful choices that support a circular economy.

I offer personalised 1:1 styling sessions, masterclasses in sustainable fashion, and Sustainable Style Tours that guide clients through secondhand shopping. Additionally, I work as a preloved runway stylist, speak at various events and on media platforms as a Sustainable Style Expert, sharing insights on mindful fashion choices and wardrobe empowerment.

Supporting the Australian Fashion Industry to lower its environmental footprint through packaging solutions.
• POLLAST!C eComm Poly Mailers and Garment bags made from 100% recycled Ocean Bound Plastic. GRS Certified recycled content
• Poly Garment bag Take-back scheme: poly bags removed at a DC or in store are collected and returned to Better Packaging for recycling
• Poly Bags direct to apparel manufacturers in Asia: Better Packaging is able to hold stock of custom branded poly bags in its warehouse in China. Your manufacturers can then order and pay for poly bags through our online portal as required
• Bamboo Envelopes and premium retail Carry Bags: Bamboo is a fast-growing, greenhouse gas-absorbing grass. When packaging is made from this super plant, we are encouraging its responsible cultivation and helping combat global warming.

AUSTRALIA'S FASHION, DESIGN AND TEXTILE EVENT

Experience innovation and creativity for the Fashion and Home industries. This exclusive two-day event invites a carefully curated selection of local and international exhibitors. Discover the latest in trend, colour, print, textile sustainability and technology to elevate your next collection.

Join us and immerse yourself in a world where inspiration meets opportunity.

Apparel & Textile manufacturing and sourcing. - Fashion circularity & Zero waste management. - Tech Platforms for supply chain traceability and smart factory implementation. - Advisory, Consulting & Resource Centre. - Industry Stakeholders Collaboration Hub & Slow fashion hubs

Mob in Fashion exists to elevate First Nations voices and representation ‘behind the scenes’ in the fashion industry. The program equips First Nations creatives with learning and training placements, networking and relationship-building opportunities, and pathways to paid work and scholarships. Mob in Fashion is First Nations-led and leading the way, providing meaningful and culturally grounded learning experiences.

Importantly, Mob in Fashion is reminding everyone that First Nations people are not just the subjects of stories, but we are the original storytellers. And we belong in every part of the fashion system.

Lucky Tiger is a strategic brand development and design agency for changemakers in fashion, lifestyle, e-commerce and beyond.

We transform brands through elegant design and powerful strategy. Our powerful solutions help evolving brands to stand out, grow, and positively impact the world.

With deep experience in fashion and e-commerce, the Lucky Tiger team is the perfect partner to lift your e-commerce performance, re-energise your brand design, or provide creative direction for your next shoot.
We proudly designed this very website and directory for the AFC in 2021 to revitalise its image and strengthen its positioning as a professional peak body for Australian Fashion.

We can help you:
• Inspire confidence with an elevated brand identity and website that speaks to your target audience.

• Optimise your e-commerce website for greater user experience, reach and sales conversions.

• Reclaim your time. Let us take care of your strategy and creative so you can focus on what you do best.

We'd love to hear from you.

Book a free 20min consultation call

- Freelance design & consultation for apparel and accessories.
- Solving waste problems you may face in your business.
- Sustainable practices and circular design.
- Supporting Australian brands and the local fashion industry.

We can advise you at all stages of your business’ lifecycle and our highly skilled attorneys and lawyer will work closely with you in developing a strategy to ensure your commercial objectives are met and your unique designs and products are well protected and enforced. An effective IP strategy is crucial to securing your competitive advantage in an increasingly crowded marketplace.
We also have a dedicated anti-counterfeiting team with extensive experience helping IP owners take action against the importers and distributors of counterfeit products. As the exclusive Australian and New Zealand partner of REACT, a leading global anti-counterfeiting organisation headquartered in Europe, we can also facilitate the enforcement of your IP rights in Europe.

TMC Studios works with fashion and lifestyle brands to deliver integrated creative and operational support across the full product lifecycle. Services include creative direction, seasonal concept development, product and range planning, wholesale and production operations, creative assets and workflow optimisation.

With a background spanning design, operations, and leadership roles, TMC Studios partners closely with brands to translate creative vision into commercially viable outcomes, supporting growth through considered strategy, structure, and execution.

Lumeva Pty Ltd is a science-based sustainability consultancy helping the fashion and apparel sector move beyond generic reporting to build credible, data-driven sustainability strategies. We specialise in mapping Scope 1–3 emissions across multi-tier supply chains, integrating supplier-specific data, and developing product-level carbon and nature footprints.

Our team brings deep expertise in life cycle assessment (LCA), GHG accounting, packaging and circularity solutions, and climate-nature risk modelling. Drawing on leadership experience, we have worked with apparel companies to conduct Tier 1–4 emissions studies, identify hotspots in cotton farming, dyeing/finishing, and logistics, and deliver ROI-driven interventions such as regenerative farming practices, lower-impact dyes, and supply chain optimisation.

Lumeva helps brands align with leading frameworks including SBTi FLAG, IFRS S2, CSRD, and the emerging TNFD framework for nature-related risks. By combining supplier engagement with AI-powered validation, we deliver audit-ready baselines and insights that support both compliance and competitive advantage.

Our mission is to transform sustainability commitments into measurable business value, strengthening brand trust, reducing environmental impacts, and building resilient, future-ready supply chains.

At Rappverse, we understand that manufacturing can be complex and challenging, especially for growing eCommerce brands and retailers. Our mission is to streamline this process, allowing you to focus on innovation and growth. With our wealth of experience, we become an integral part of your team, meticulously planning and executing behind the scenes to ensure your success. Rappverse simplifies the manufacturing journey for eCommerce brands by connecting you directly with leading manufacturers in India. We eliminate middlemen, ensuring competitive pricing, superior quality, and efficient communication.

Brands looking to stand out as industry leaders can take steps toward circularity. Meet the upcoming EU EcoDesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) & mandatory Digital Passports (DPPs) for fashion & all textile-based products sold in the EU by 2027. The Global Circular Network enables brands to meet compliance regulations, unable to be achieved through QR Codes/NFC. We offer affordable and efficient DPP solutions that seamlessly integrate into existing workflows plus link to an interconnected, human-centred circular economy.

GCN's washable RFID THREADS® create a secure, durable & bulk-scannable DPP that stays with the product throughout its lifecycle. Linked to an open-source cloud platform, RFID THREADS® provide verifiable, real-time data across rent, resale, repair, reuse, redesign & remake before recycling.

GCN helps brands go beyond compliance and traceability to activate Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) & connect to R-Cyclers and sorters across global supply chains. Brands can use this system to not only meet EU requirements but also demonstrate measurable action on emissions and pollution mitigation.

It’s time to put the economy into circularity. Lead the change with transparent, verifiable lifecycle data that supports people, planet, and long-term profit.

The CULTURAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS INITIATIVE® is designed to be a worldwide movement supporting the recognition of Cultural Intellectual Property Rights® for craftspeople who are the custodians and transmitters of traditional garments, traditional designs and traditional manufacturing techniques.
​
This Initiative was born in April 2018 from the need to eliminate culturally appropriative behaviour in the fashion industry with a vision to create a system that nurtures, sustains and protects Traditional Knowledge (TK) and Traditional Cultural Expressions (TCEs).

The Initiative's mission is to act as a mediator in relationships between different stakeholders in the fashion and craft ecosystem, and to support Cultural Sustainability as a form of education and promotion of cultural heritage and Traditional Cultural Expressions (TCEs).

Our fashion law experts have been involved in some of Australia's largest fashion transactions including acting for Advent Capital on its acquisition of a majority stake in the Australian luxury fashion brand ZIMMERMANN in 2023. Our fashion sector team includes specialists in private equity deals, brand, intellectual property, employment, board advisory, consumer, retail and supply chain issues including ESG. We have deep experience in luxury goods, with our team members having worked in luxury fashion and retail, both internationally and within Australia for decades. The Australian fashion industry has shown remarkable growth and resilience, positioning itself as a major cultural force and contributor to the national economy. We are ideally placed to assist clients to capitalise on the growth and opportunities in this sector. We have been and continue to be a trusted advisor to many well-known domestic and international brands including Country Road, Ralph Lauren and Rolex.

Manufacture My Product is a trusted global manufacturing agent with over 200 clients and having manufacturered over 2000 orders & 500+ different products, we specialized in customised manufacturing, working with over 30 industrial manufacturers across 9 countries.

Our agency network includes experts in garment sourcing, private-label fashion, sustainable, ethical and certified manufacturing, giving our clients access to the best manufacturers and factory production solutions.

Style Sync is a Melbourne-based apparel sourcing agency dedicated to helping brands bring their fashion ideas to life. We are known for our end-to-end approach, supports clients from design to delivery, handling everything from material selection to final production. We places a strong emphasis on sustainability and ethical practices, working closely with trusted suppliers who share its commitment to environmental and social responsibility. By ensuring quality at every stage, Style Sync not only meets but elevates the standards of fashion sourcing, offering clients a seamless journey to turn creative concepts into high-quality, responsibly produced collections.

Our clientele are a sophisticated mix of Australian Designer, Beauty and International Luxury brands. We pair the perfect talent with exclusive retail and support office vacancies across the country. Our talent pool is brimming with Australia’s most progressive and unique fashoin talent; job seekers who are immersed in the luxury and AU design marketplace; sophisticated talent who are always ahead of the curve.

Career seeker or prospective RÈLIER client, we invite you to explore the facets of our world, to open new career doors and to make money moves with us, fashion’s favourite job-searching destination.

The RIF Group provides award winning international logistics & supply chain services. We specialise in working closely with our clients, finding and implementing innovative solutions that help sell more products and make more profit.

Pointon Partners offers the expertise and experience of a top tier law firm, coupled with the personal service and attention that can only be offered by an expert, smaller firm. Our lawyers are technically excellent in their areas of expertise, but more importantly for our clients, they are genuinely concerned with the application of the law in the ‘real world’ to achieve results. We are outcome-focused and commercially-minded, helping clients achieve their goals or solve their problems in the most effective and efficient manner is our key objective.

Our clients comprise some of the largest and best known Australian companies, publicly listed companies, small to medium businesses, private clients and individuals.

We provide Retailers and Brands with sustainable recycled FSC cardboard hangers and accessory hooks.
Our aim is reduce the number of plastic hangers and hooks from going to landfill and into our earth and oceans.
Fully customisable with a printable surface as hard as a hard covered book.

“By George” is the expression you utter when something falls into place with ease or the solution to your problem becomes clear.

By George offers intellectual property solutions. We are creative thinkers and problem solvers.

We have decades of experience working in intellectual property in Australia and overseas. We’ve taken the grounding and technical excellence that we picked up in top tier law firms, added crisp communication and packaged it all up with a flexible fee structure.

The result: high-quality, commercially astute advice and robust legal representation.

We don’t pretend to be a full-service law firm. We are fully focussed on doing what we do really well. We’re not trying to be the biggest. Like our clients, we’re focussed on being the best.

We help market leading, privately held businesses to maximise their value. Our clients come from diverse industries including retailing, manufacturing, hospitality, food and alcohol, fashion, film and TV, music, broadcasting, education and professional services. Our clients are market leaders who recognise the strategic value of IP and how to use it with impact.

By George Legal is focussed on delivering high quality, results orientated advice and working on great projects.

Trusted by some of ANZ's fastest growing brands - $500,000,000+ in Sales delivered cost-effectively from over 50 countries & regions

We work with brands & in-house marketing teams to deliver cost-effective ROI & confidence to their digital marketing

- Strategy
- Meta, Google, TikTok, Pinterest, Snapchat
- Email Marketing & Retention
- Creative and Design

Rik and Ralph are a boutique, digital first Marketing agency based in the heart of Melbourne. Our experienced team will provide their expertise to modernise your brand and elevate it to stand out from the crowd.

Our key focus areas include ecommerce and web development, growth marketing and branding strategy services. We are strategic thinkers, sharing insights, specialising in building tailored branding, marketing strategies and design content to meet your needs. At Rik and Ralph our philosophy is people first – we pay attention to your customers by unearthing behaviours and intentions through data driven practices producing creative solutions to achieve results.

We are producing, T-shirt, Poloshirt, Tank-Top, Vest, Trousers, Jacket, Sweater,
Sweatshirt, Hooded sweatshirt Etc…
For more information, you may visit our company website=www.arratex-bd.com

Thanks in advance for your kind cooperation. Looking forward to hearing
from you.

Perspex Online specialises in the fabrication of plastic products and accessories at the highest standards here on the Gold Coast, Australia.

We are more than just a plastic fabrication company. Perspex Online provides a full turn-key service from design to manufacture. That means that your product can be fabricated from scratch locally, on the Gold Coast, by one company, Perspex Online.

We are a privately-owned business operating from our state-of-the art facility on the Gold Coast. Established in 1991 as P & M Plastics.

Our in-house and external training courses have enabled us to stay up to date with the latest technology. We don’t just specialise in plastic fabrication; we specialise in excellence.

Founded in 2021, Zilch is a full-service freight forwarding provider headquartered in Melbourne, Australia. We are the clean freight forwarding specialist, accelerating the transition to zero emissions logistics.
We work with clients to support their international freight forwarding needs via road, air, rail, and sea transport.
At Zilch we proudly stand head and shoulders above our competitors offering similar logistics services. Our unique combination of carbon measurement, management and reporting coupled with our expertise in global logistics, customer service and technology allows us to provide freight forwarding services that offer a high degree of reliability while remaining cost-effective and sustainable.

Your brand is unique, which is why we don’t offer ‘one size fits all’ cookie-cutter marketing solutions that don’t work long-term for you.

Instead, our approach is to cohesively work on all the platforms that are most important to your business, crafting an overall strategy to fix what’s not working and get the growth and results you’re looking for.

Our global team consists of over 50 years of combined experience in GOTS and Textile Exchange standards and several other sustainability standards. We are currently operating in Australia, New Zealand, China, Indonesia, Thailand, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Turkey and to commence operations in Pakistan, Morocco, Germany, and the USA from 2021.

Services include development of a sustainability strategy; circular design and lifecycle thinking; and staff training.

Ume Studio provides fashion industry expertise in strategy, design and digital development, to enable established businesses and emerging startups to responsibly build and scale impactful brands. We support companies with their efforts to innovate socially and environmentally responsible products through informed advisory services and backed by extensive experience in design and sourcing. Alongside that we also offer 3D garment development which aims to minimise environmental waste in the sampling process while optimising the range creation process.

Supporting the growth of First Nations businesses, FNFD will present a collective of designers providing them with growth opportunities, skill development, mentorship and industry engagement.

Whether your brand is at the very beginning of its sustainability journey, or needing a refresh on strategy, Q Social Impact can guide your brand towards a more sustainable version of itself. We conduct ESG (environmental, social and governance) materiality assessments and advise on best practice for sustainability disclosures, ESG reporting trends and more. Our service is supported by a senior team of experts with industry backgrounds who understand the need to align ESG actions to overall corporate strategy. We can also coach your employees on how to activate sustainability in the workplace.